Husband: Samuel FETTERS
Birthdate: 5/24/1847
Birthplace: Stark Co., OH
Death date: 8/11/1921
Place of death: Stark Co., OH
Father: John W. FETTERS
Mother: Elizabeth GROSS

Marriage date: 7/30/1871
Marriage place: Adams Co., IN

Wife: Lavina WOODWARD
Birthdate: 3/3/1855
Birthplace: Columbiana Co., OH
Death date: 9/14/1927
Place of death: New Corydon, Jay Co., IN
Father: William WOODWARD
Mother: Lucinda RASH

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Frank R. "Doc" FETTERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1872
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 1945
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Spouse's name: Minnie STUMP

Child No. 2: Charles M. FETTERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2/1874
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 1963
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Marriage date: 1901
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Spouse's name: Clara Cecilia EYANSON

Child No. 3: James F. FETTERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8/1877
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 1920
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Marriage date: 1901
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Spouse's name: Mary Ann EYANSON

Child No. 4: Harvey H. FETTERS
Sex: M
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Place of death: died at age 9 months
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Child No. 5: Emma Catherine FETTERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11/22/1885
Birthplace: Adams Co., IN
Death date: 1/18/1943
Place of death: Jay Co., IN
Marriage date: 8/9/1904
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Spouse's name: Jean Francis "Frank" SPANGLER

Child No. 6: Grover Cleveland FETTERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 4/11/1895
Birthplace: Jay Co., IN
Death date: 12/27/1973
Place of death: Portland, Jay Co., IN
Marriage date: 4/22/1904
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Spouse's name: Beulah Catherine KELLY

Child No. 7: Mary Caroline FETTERS
Sex: F
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Documentation:
* 1850 Samuel appears on the 1850 census for Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana, dwelling number 791, family number 791. He is 3 years old and is living with his parents. Date of birth calculated from this census.
* 1860 Samuel appears on the 1860 census for Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana, dwelling number 1600, family number 1579. He is 13 years old and is living with his parents.
* 1880 Samuel and Lavina appear on the 1880 census for Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana. He is 33 years old and she is 23. There are 3 children shown. Also living here is a sister-in-law, Ida Woodward, age 11.
* 1900 Samuel and Lavina appear on the 1900 census for Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana, dwelling number 189, family number 189. He is 53 years old and is a justice of the peace. She is 46. They have been married 29 years. There have been 7 children; 5 still living.
* 1910 Samuel and Lavina appear on the 1910 census for Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana, dwelling number 158, family number 159. He is 62 years old (under occupation this census shows him as an invalid) and she is 56. They have been married for 38 years. There have been 7 children; 5 still living. There is 1 child shown.
* 1920 Samuel and Lavina appear on the 1920 census for Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana, dwelling number 129, family number 138. He is 72 years old and is she is 65.
* Copied from the book Biographical and Historical Record of Adams County, Indiana, The Lewis Publishing Company 1887, page 28.
Samuel Fetters, farmer, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 24, 1847, of John W. and Elizabeth (Gross) Fetters. In his third year he was brought by his parents to Adams County, Indiana, where he was reared to manhood at the home farm in Jefferson Township. March 23, 1865, he enlisted in Company E, 155th Indiana Infantry, and was discharged at Dover, Delaware, August 24, 1865, when he returned to his home in Adams County. He was united in marriage July 30, 1871, to Miss Lavina Woodward, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, march 3, 1855, daughter of William and Lucinda (Rash) Woodward, who were also natives of the same state. They came to Adams County, Indiana, in 1863, where the father still lives. The mother died in Jefferson township in February, 1877. They had a family of 11 children, six sons and five daughters.
The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fetters - Frank R., Charles M., James F., Harry H. and Emma C. Mr. Fetters has always followed agricultural pursuits, and is a thorough, practical farmer. He settled on his present farm in the fall of 1874, which contains 80 acres of choice land under a fine state of cultivation. In politics Mr. Fetters is a Democrat. He served eight years as justice of the peace and is now serving his first term as township trustee, having been elected to that office in the spring of 1886. He is a comrade of John P. Porter Post, No. 83, G.A.R.
John W. Fetter, the father of our subject was a native of Stark County, Ohio, March 14, 1818, a son of Philip Fetters, who was born Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, of German descent, and died in Ohio. John W. Fetters grew to manhood in Stark County, and was there married, in 1840, to Elizabeth Gross, a native of new York City, her parents being natives of Germany. This union were born seven children, four sons and three daughters. The parents were members of the Lutheran church. The father exchanged eighty acres of land in Stark County for 3 eighty acre tracts in Adams Co., Indiana, locating here in the fall of 1849, and made his home on section 21, Jefferson Township, till his death. He was very successful in his farming operations, and added to his land until he had almost 400 acres. In politics he was a staunch Democrat. He took an active interest in public affairs, and held the office of justice of the peace for a period of 24 years, and also served as township clerk during the old township organization, and was a prominent citizen.

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