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Audra Vanosdol

• Born 11 September 1901, Ripley County, Indiana
• Died 5 August 1998, Franklin County, Indiana
• Buried: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
• Married (1) Ralph Holman Stevens, 5 May 1921, Ripley County, Indiana
• Married (2) Estol A. Palmer, 29 March 1941, Ripley County, Indiana. Estol was born 9 June 1911, and died 23 April 1988. Served as a private in the US Army, World War II.
• Father: Charles Vanosdol
• Mother: Elnora Ensminger

NOTES: Granny ran the Stevens General Store for several years after Ralph's death; I have early memories of arriving in Ripley County with my folks and going into the store to let her know we were there, and being given a penny candy from one of the display jars. She loved her garden, especially when she could work it barefoot, and feel the mud between her toes, and loved to ist out of an evening to watch the setting sun. There were no strangers in her life; and if anyone was sick or in need, she was there as a friend and neighbor to help them through it. She was a life-long resident of Ripley County, and died only yards from the county border, because that was the location of the nursing home she finally had to resign herself to.

Charles Vanosdol

• Born 9 April 1862, Ripley County, Indiana
• Died 29 May 1948, Ripley County, Indiana
• Buried: Hopewell Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
• Married Elnora Ensminger, 14 February 1892, Ripley County, Indiana
• Father: David Vanosdol
• Mother: Ellen Tatman

1. Agnes Vanosdol

• b. 14 August 1893, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 10 August 1979, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Stanley C. Griffith, 17 July 1913

2. James Vanosdol

• b. 15 September 1894, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. after 1990, Jennings County, Indiana
• m. Hallie A. Hardesty, 21 October 1921

3. Emil Vanosdol

• b. 1897, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. c1991, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Sophia Everett

4. Ira Vanosdol

• b. 23 December 1899, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 13 July 1982, Jennings County, Indiana
• m. Ellen Louis Suhre, 23 December 1925

5. Audra Vanosdol

• b. 11 September 1901, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 5 August 1998, Franklin County, Indiana
• m. (1) Ralph Holman Stevens, 1921
• m. (2) Estol Palmer, c1946

6. Elizabeth Vanosdol

• b. 18 November 1903, Ripley County, Indiana
• unmarried

7. John Vanosdol

• b. 20 April 1906, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 1930, Ripley County, Indiana

8. Sally Vanosdol

• b. 15 July 1908, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Oliver P. M. Asche

9. Woodrow Vanosdol

• b. 4 October 1912, Ripley County, Indiana

NOTES: A. V. Sporleder; Hopewell Cemetery; Otter Creek Cemetery, Ripley County.

David Vanosdol

Ellen Tatman

David Vanosdol:

• Born 14 February 1825, Clermont County, Ohio
• Died 29 December 1878, Ripley County, Indiana
• Married Ellen Tatman, 1844, Clermont County, Ohio
• Father: Oakey Vanosdol
• Mother: Elizabeth Laughlin

Ellen Tatman:

• b. 6 June 1826, Ohio (probably Clermont County)
• d. 28 October 1898, Ripley County, Indiana
• Father:
• Mother:

1. Joshua Vanosdol

• b. July 1846, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 27 April 1909, Ripley County, Indiana
• bur: Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Mary A. (Amanda?) Knapp, Ripley County, Indiana. Mary was born 5 December 1844, and died 12 May 1925

2. Oakey Vanosdol

• b. 1848, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 1906, Ripley County, Indiana
• bur: Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Martha M. Salyers, 13 April 1872, Ripley County, Indiana

3. James Vanosdol

• b. 12 October 1852, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 17 August 1893, Ripley County, Indiana
• bur: Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
• unmarried

4. Elizabeth M. Vanosdol

• b. 24 October 1855, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 25 July 1940, Ripley County, Indiana
• bur: Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
• unmarried

5. Charles Vanosdol

• b. 9 April 1862, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. 29 May 1948, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Elnora Ensminger, 14 February 1892, Ripley County, Indiana

6. David F. 'Frank' Vanosdol

• b. c1865, Ripley County, Indiana
• d. Ripley County, Indiana
• bur: Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana; no headstone

NOTES: Clermont County Marriage Records; R. H. Van Osdol, letter to Audra Rea; Vernon, Hopewell and Otter Village Cemeteries; Ripley County censuses, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880; Quentin Carl Stevens and Audra Vanosdol Stevens Palmer oral histories.

My father recalls that his Great-Uncle Frank was a stubborn and contrary man. His sister Elizabeth, "Lizzie," lived with him during their lives. Uncle Frank was so contrary and misanthropic, that when he died, the men responsible for burying him placed his coffin in the ground backward, with no stone to mark the spot. All concerned, Dad said, had a good time.

Oakey Vanosdol

Elizabeth Laughlin

Oakey Vanosdol:

• Born 23 December 1786, Somerset County, New Jersey
• Died before 1834, Clermont County, Ohio
• Married: Elizabeth Laughlin, 26 March 1812, Clermont County, Ohio
• Father: Oakey Vanosdol
• Mother: Mary South

Elizabeth Laughlin:

• b. 26 May 1792, Virginia
• d. 21 October 1875, Ripley County, Indiana
• Married (2) John Day, who died before 1860. John Day was a stonemason.
• Father: probably James Laughlin (?), of "foreign birth."
• Mother: probably Nancy (_____) (?), born 1758, Virginia and died 2 July 1855, Clermont County, Ohio

1. James L. Vanosdol

• b. 1813, Clermont County, California
• m. Polly Ann Parker, 28 December 1833, Clermont County, Ohio. Polly was born 1813

2. Mary 'Polly' Vanosdol

• b. 1822, Clermont County, Ohio
• m. James Tatman, 24 August 1842, Clermont County, Ohio

3. David Vanosdol

• b. 14 February 1825, Clermont County, Ohio
• d. 29 December 1878, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Ellen Tatman, 1844, Clermont County, Ohio

4. Isaac Vanosdol

• b. 14 August 1827, Clermont County, Ohio
• d. 25 December 1913, Ripley County, Indiana
• m. Elizabeth Ann Davis, 29 April 1854, Ripley County, Indiana

NOTES: New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings; New York Genealogical & Bibliographical Record, 109:2 (April, 1978), "Family Record: Van Arsdalen / Vanosdol - South - Wright," Mrs. Robert O. Payne (Vanosdol Family Bible records); Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana; 1850 through 1880 censuses, Ripley County; Clermont County, Ohio, records.

James Vanosdol was called "Law." Middle name thought to be Lawson - corruption of Laughlin. James Tatman, who married Mary Vanosdol, brother of Ellen Tatman, who married David Vanosdol. James and Mary Vanosdol Tatman lived in Jennings County, Indiana.

Oakey Vanosdol found earlier as Van Osdol.

Elizabeth Laughlin may be a daughter of James and Nancy Laughlin. Her second husband, John Day, may be a part of the same Day family which married the Terrys. He was a stonemason, an occupation found among them as well as among the Stevenses.

Oakey Van Arsdale

• Born 22 December 1757, Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
• Died 7 July 1849, Clermont County, Ohio
• Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio (moved from farm plot)
• Married (1) Mary South, c1782, New Jersey
• Married (2) Mary 'Polly' Wright, 21 October 1807, Clermont County, Ohio
• Married (3) Catherine Collins, 27 December 1821, Clermont County, Ohio
• Father: Ouke van Arsdale
• Mother: Marya Van Cleef

Children by Mary South:

1. James O. Van Osdol

• b. 9 January 1784, New Jersey
• d. 1837, Ohio
• m. Lydia Meeker, 15 March 1818, Clermont County, Ohio
• Private, War of 1812

2. Benjamin Van Osdol

• b. 3 December 1785, New Jersey
• d. 21 February 1878, New Jersey

3. Oakey Van Osdol

• b. 23 December 1786, Somerset County, New Jersey
• d. bef. 1834, Clermont County, Ohio
• m. Elizabeth Laughlin, 26 March 1812, Clermont County, Ohio

4. Benjamin Van Osdol

• b. 1 March 1788, New Jersey
• d. 14 July 1789, New Jersey

5. Elisha Van Osdol

• b. 27 January 1789, New Jersey
• d. 1789, New Jersey

6. Lydia Van Osdol

• b. 27 January 1789, New Jersey
• d. 1789, New Jersey

7. Robert Van Osdol

• b. 4 January 1791, New Jersey
• d. 4 February 1872, Clermont COunty, Ohio
• m. Sarah Bredwell, 10 January 1814, Clermont County, Ohio. Sarah was born 15 September 1793, and died 5 April 1882, Clermont County. She was a daughter of Yelverton Bredwell and Catherine Collins. Catherine Collins became the third wife of Robert's father, Oakey Van Arsdale

8. Laurence Van Osdol

• b. 27 April 1792, New Jersey
• d. May 1792, New Jersey

9. Maria Van Osdol

• b. 6 June 1794, Somerset County, New Jersey
• d. 1829
• m. Joseph Test, 2 February 1815, Clermont County, Ohio

10. Keziah Van Osdol

• b. 3 October 1795, New Jersey
• m. Richard Johnson, 2 February 1815, Clermont County, Ohio

11. Obediah Van Osdol

• b. 24 May 1799, New Jersey
• d. October 1799, New Jersey

1. Nancy Williams Van Osdol

• b. 14 October 1808, Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio
• d. January 1881, Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois
• bur. St Mary's & Greenmound Cemetery, Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois, as Nancy Davis
• m. (1) John Fleming Davis, 30 December 1826, Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio. John was born 5 May 1806, Clermont County, Ohio, and died 8 December 1847, Quincy (?), Illinois, killed by a log falling from a wagon
• m. (2) Shelton John Tanum, 24 November 1849, Mercer County, Illinois
• m. (3) James Kiddoo, 13 July 1858, Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois. James was born c1784, and died 20 November 1862, Mercer County, Illinois
• m. (4) Wilson Highfield, 16 August 1865, Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois

2. Isaac Van Osdol

• b. 7 May 1810, Ohio
• d. 26 September 1894

3. John Wright Van Osdol

• b. 16 May 1813

4. Mahalah Van Osdol

• b. 11 September 1815, Ohio

5. Jessie Van Osdol

• b. c1817, Ohio

NOTES: Will of Oakey Vanosdol, 1849, Clermont County; New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings; NYG&BR cited above; Ripley County censuses, op. cit.; Clermont County marriage records; R. H. Van Osdol letter to Audra Rea, 1972; Williamsburg Township Cemetery records, Clermont County; Concord Cemetery, Clermont County; United States Census of Pensioners, 1840; Pension application, Clermont County.

Van Arsdale changed to Vannosdol, Vanosdol, Van Osdol in writing. Oakey was baptized 19 February 1758, Six Mile Run Dutch Reformed Church, Somerset County, New Jersy. He enlisted in Captain James Debow's company, Colonel Nixon's New Jersey Regiment, in 1776; in 1777, he was a private in William Wycoff's Company.

Mary South died in 1804. Shortly after, Oakey migrated with his South in-laws to Clermont County.

Ouke van Arsdale

• Born 1725, Somerset County, New Jersey
• Died 22 January 1796, Middlesex County, New Jersey
• Married Marya Van Cleef, c1756, Somerset County, New Jersey
• Father: Christophel van Arsdale
• Mother: Magdeleentie Aukese van Henglen

1. Christoffel Van Arsdale

• b. 1755, Somerset County, New Jersey
• bap. 13 June 1755, Six Mile Run Dutch Reformed Church

2. Louwerens Van Arsdale

• b. c1756, New Jersey
• bap. 24 October 1756, Six Mile Run DRC
• d. Greenville, Indiana
• m. Tabitha Curry

3. Helena Van Arsdale (?)

• b. New Jersey

4. Oakey Van Arsdale

• b. 22 December 1757, Somerset County, New Jersey
• d. 7 July 1849, Clermont County, Ohio
• m. (1) Mary South
• m. (2) Mary 'Polly' Wright
• m. (3) Catherine Collins

5. Jannetje Van Arsdale

• b. c1759, Somerset County, New Jersey
• bap. 14 October 1759, Six Mile Run DRC
• d. bef. 1810, Mercer County, Kentucky
• m. Daniel Coovert. Daniel was born 1757, and died 16 December 1848

6. Cornelius Ouke Van Arsdale

• b. c1762, New Jersey
• bap. 14 November 1762, Six Mile Run DRC
• d. 24 February 1843, Mercer County, Kentucky
• m. Elizabeth Vanarsdall, 10 April 1791. Elizabeth was baptized 2 February 1772, Harlingen Dutch Reformed Church, Somerset County, New Jersey. She is a descendant of Cornelis Simonse van Arsdale
• pension # 2978, Revolutionary War.

7. Marya Van Arsdale

• b. c1766
• bap. 20 April 1766, Six Mile Run DRC

8. Eyda (Ida) Van Arsdale (?)

• b. c1769, New Jersey
• bap. 24 December 1769

9. Isaac Ouke Van Arsdale

• b. 2 February 1772, New Millstone, New Jersey
• d. 1850, Boyle County, Kentucky
• m. (1) Lammetje 'Ann' Van Arsdale, 29 November 1795
• m. (2) Elizabeth Cassaday, 17 March 1825

NOTES: Somersety County Historical Quarterly, edited by A. Van Doren Honeyman, Volume VIII, 1919, pages 123 ff.; DAR lineages, Patriot Index, 1966; Baptismal records, Six Mile Run Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), Franklin, New Jersey. Eyda according to J. Armstrong with no proofs cited.

Christophel van Arsdale

• Born c1696, Jamaica, Long Island, New York
• Died after 1769
• Married Magdeleentie Aukese van Henglen, c1717
• Father: Jan Simonse van Arsdale
• Mother: Lammetje Probasco

1. Eytje van Arsdale (?)

• b. c1718

2. Christophel van Arsdalen

• b. c1720, New Brunswick, Somerset County, New Jersey
• bap. 17 April 1720, New Brunswick First Reformed Church
• m. Nelte van Pelt

3. John (Jan) van Arsdale

• b. 1722, Long Island, New York
• d. 1798, Orange County, New York
• m. (1) Deborah van Pelt, 1744. Deborah died 5 February 1756 at her father's home, following the birth of a son, John
• m. (2) Catherine Mills, 30 September 1769, New York, New York

4. Ouke van Arsdale

• b. 1725, Somerset County, New Jersey
• d. 22 January 1796, Middlesex County, New Jersey
• m. Mary Van Cleef, c1756, Somerset County, New Jersey

5. Cornelis van Arsdalen

• b. c1729, Middlesex County, New Jersey
• bap. 30 March 1729, New Brunswick First Reformed Church
• m. Sara Wilson, c1751

6. Hendrick van Arsdale

• b. March 1730/31, Somerset County, New Jersey
• bap. 25 July may be baptism rather than birth
• d. 24 March 1820
• m. Catherine Brokaw. Catherine was born 19 October 1737

7. Lammetje van Arsdale

• b. 15 December 1734, Jamaica, Long Island, New York
• bap. 15 December may be baptism rather than birth

8. Simon van Arsdalen

• b. c1742
• bap. 3 October 1742, New Brunswick First Reformed Church

NOTES: Will of Jan Simonse van Arsdale, 1736 (Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Liber 20, page 1); NJ Hist. Soc. Proceedings, Vol. 11, New Series, (1926), page 209; First Families of America,(1942), Vol. VII, page 312; E. Th. R. Unger, "Voorts weet ick neit meer te schrijven,: Jaarboek van het Centraal Burea voor Genealogie, (Deel 50, 1996), pp. 179-198, Den Haag, Netherlands; Somerset County Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. V, pp 285 ff. Eytie per J. Armstrong, no citations.