Husband: William JELF
Birthdate: Nov 29, 1819
Birthplace: Kentucky
Death date: May 24, 1904
Place of death: Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Burial: Haw Creek Cemetery, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Father: Thomas JELF (1789-Abt 1824)
Mother: Jane (Jincy) SPALDING (1795-1830)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: Sep 1, 1840
Marriage place: Jennings County, Indiana

Wife: Isabella VANWYE
Birthdate: May 4, 1823
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Mar 4, 1891
Place of death: Indiana
Burial: Haw Creek Cemetery, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Father: John VANWYE (Abt 1798-1863)
Mother: Mary LATTIMORE (1804-1863)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John T. JELF
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1843
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Feb 21, 1891
Place of death: Hamilton County, Tennessee
Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery Hamilton County, Tennessee
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Caroline (Carrie) ENGART (1840-1912)

Child No. 2: Isaac JELF
Sex: M
Birthdate: Jan 4, 1846
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Jun 24, 1898
Place of death: Pana, Christian County, Illinois
Burial: Tower Hill, Shelby County, Illinois
Marriage date: Sep 7, 1882
Marriage place: Virden, Macoupin County, Illinois
Spouses' names: Martha (Mattie) Elizabeth PHILLIPS (1857-1898)

Child No. 3: Calvin JELF
Sex: M
Birthdate: Jan 10, 1848
Birthplace: Dupont, Jefferson County, Indiana
Death date: Jan 20, 1929
Place of death: East Nelson, Moultrie County, Illinois
Burial: International Organization Of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mcleansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
Marriage date: May 5, 1875
Marriage place: Spencer County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Jane PARR (1848-1924)

Child No. 4: Martha A. JELF
Sex: F
Birthdate: Apr 11, 1850
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Jun 19, 1919
Place of death: Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Burial: Marlow Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Marriage date: [1] Oct 26, 1873 [2] Oct 11, 1893
Marriage place: [1] Bartholomew County, Indiana [2] Bartholomew County, Indiana
Spouses' names: [1] Solomon Thomas FOGLE (1844-Aft 1900) [2] Thomas P. REVILLE (1846-1929)

Child No. 5: William Samuel JELF
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct 1853
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Jan 6, 1917
Place of death: Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Burial:
Marriage date: [1] Mar 23, 1875 [2] Bet 1888 and 1891
Marriage place: [1] Bartholomew County, Indiana [2]
Spouses' names: [1] Mary E. DEAN (????-Bef 1888) [2] Clara Ann HECK (1867-Aft 1917)

Child No. 6: Walter O. JELF
Sex: M
Birthdate: Nov 1854
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Aft 1920
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: Sep 6, 1881
Marriage place: Carrol County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Rebecca Jane BICKEL (1860-Aft 1920)

Child No. 7: Isabelle JELF
Sex: F
Birthdate: Apr 24, 1857
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Jul 5, 1904
Place of death: Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana
Marriage date: Nov 6, 1888
Marriage place: Shelby County, Indiana
Spouses' names: D. Henry (Heinrich) FRITZ (1839-1919)

Child No. 8: James JELF
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 11, 1860
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Mar 23, 1922
Place of death: El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Burial: Concordia County, Texas
Marriage date: Nov 16, 1903
Marriage place: Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
Spouses' names: Maud CRABLE Anderson (Abt 1881-????)
 
 
Documentation:
General Notes (Husband)
* William Jelf was about five years old when his father, Thomas Jelf, died circa 1823-24. Between January 1829 and June 1830 William moved to Jennings County, Indiana with his mother, Jane. Shortly after moving to Jennings County Jane died. Probate and guardianship records place William in Jennings County until 1837. In 1840 he married Isabel Vanuy in Jennings County. William was not found in the 1850 census records for Jennings County or Bartholomew County, Indiana. In 1860 he was living in Bartholomew County with Isabel and their children. William enlisted in the 19th Indiana Infantry July 1861. He fought at Manassas, Bull Run and Antietam and then resigned December 1862. William was listed on the 1870 and 1880 census for Bartholomew County. March 1891 Isabell died. August 1891 William applied for a Civil War Pension. The 1900 Shelby County, Indiana census has William living in the household of his daughter, Isabel Jelf Fritz. William remained with his daughter until his death May 24, 1904. He was buried at Haw Creek Cemetery in Bartholomew County, Indiana, the same cemetery where Isabell was buried.
* Jennings Co, Indiana Marriages: Book 3, page 142
* Check 1850 Jefferson County, Indiana Census - Calvin Jelf was born 1848 in Jefferson County - the John VanWye family is listed on the 1850 Jefferson County census. Jennings County was formed from Jefferson County.
August 21, 1860 Census: Elizabethtown, Hancock, Bartholomew Co, Indiana
Wm Jelf, age 38, Blacksmith, 200, KY
Isabella Jelf, age 38, IN
John T. Jelf, age 17 IN
Isaac Jelf, age 14 IN
Calvin Jelf, age 12, IN
Martha A. Jelf, age 10 IN
Wm S. Jelf, age 8, IN
Walter O, Jelf, age 5, IN
Isabella Jelf, age 3, IN
James Jelf, age 1/10, IN
* William Jelf Regiment Name: 19 Indiana Infantry, Side: Union, Company: H Soldier's Rank_In: Sergt, Soldier's Rank_Out: 1st Lieutenant Film Number: M540 roll 38
Civil War Info: William Jelf
Residence: Edinburg, Indiana
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Sergeant 1st Class on 29 July 1861 in Company H, 19th Infantry
Regiment Indiana.
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 07 April 1862 effective 07 April 1862 - Resigned Company H, 19th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 01 December 1862
* July 25, 1870 Census, Haw Creek, Bartholomew Co, Indiana
Jelf, William, age 50, Farm Laborer, $100, Kentucky
Jelf Isaac, age 25, Farm Laborer, Indiana
Jelf, Wm S., age 17, Farm Laborer, Indiana
Jelf, Martha A, age 20, Indiana
Jelf, Walter, age 15, Indiana
Jelf, Isabella, age 13, Indiana
James, age 10, Indiana
(Where is Isabel?)
* 1880 Census Place Hope, Bartholomew, Indiana
William JELF Self M Male W 60 KY Hack Driver KY KY
Iisabele JELF Wife M Female W 57 IN Keeping House PA NC
Isaac JELF Son S Male W 35 IN Carpenter KY IN
Walter JELF Son S Male W 25 IN Works On Farm KY IN
James JELF Son S Male W 20 IN Works On Farm KY IN
Rebecca Banks, other, Widow, Female W 48, NC
Susan Pifer, dau, Widow, Female W 24, IN
William Banks, Bro-in-Law, single, Male w, 39 IN
(What was Rebecca's relationship to the Jelf family? Was Rebecca the sister of Isabelle? William only had one sister, Jane. Rebecca Banks was a widow -William Banks, brother-in-law, was probably the brother of Rebecca's husband. Susan (Banks) Pifer was the daughter of Rebecca.)
* William Jelf - Co "H" - 19th Indiana Infantry - Enlisted as 1st Sgt - Discharged as 1st Lt Applied for pension Aug 8, 1884 - Application No 519653
Certificate No 318941 State filed: Indiana
Isabel Vanuy Jelf died March 4, 1891.
Civil War Pension Index: William Jelf
Images Online #: 1270 State Filed: Indiana - Co. H 19th Ind. Inf.
Comments: Invalid - Filed 8 Aug 1891 Application #: 519653 Certificate #: 318941
Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Appealed Pension and by United States Dept of the Interior 1895 Page 412
William Jelf, who was a first lieutenant of Company H, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana, Volunteers, testifies that after a forced march from Kalorama Heights to.....
....and after an exhaustive special examination there is nothing to show that said hernia was incurred as alleged or otherwise in line of duty in the service. The contention of the appeal in the case is that the affidavits of George E. Finney and William Jelf, in connection with the record.....
* William is listed with his daughter Isabella Jelf Fritz on the 1900 Shelby Co, Ind Federal Census.
* The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Friday, December 18, 1903, Indiana Pensions
Washington, Dec. 17 - Pensions have been granted to the following
Indianians: ....William Jelf $30......
* Shelby County Board of Health - Certificate of Death - Shelbyville, Indiana: This certifies that according to the records of the Shelby County Department of Health that Willaim Jelf of Shelbyville, Indiana died on May 24, 1904 at Shelbyville, Indiana.
Sex: Male - Color: White - Age in Years: 84
This cause of death given was Cerebral Hemmorhage and was certified by Frank Campbell, MD. The place of burial or removal was Bartholomew Co, IN on May 26, 1904 by Edwards & Hageman of Shelbyville, Indiana.
William Jelf, age - 84 yrs. 5 mos. 27days, widower, birthplace -Kentucky, father - Thomas Jelf-VA, mother - Jane Spaulding - VA
* The Shelbyville Republican - Friday, May 27th, 1904, Page 6
Death of Will Jelf
William Jelf died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Fritz, at 1:15 o'clock, Tuesday morning, May 24th as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 84 years 5 months 27 days. The deceased leaves four sons namely, Calvin, Will S., Walter C. and James; also two daughters Mrs. Henry Fritz and Mrs. Martha Reveille. The funeral will be from the home of Mrs. Fritz at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Interment in the Haugh Creed Cemetery in Bartholomew County in charge of Edwards and Hageman.
Buried: Haw Creek Cemetery Bartholmew Co, IN
* Hawcreek Township is located in northern Bartholomew county, with Shelby County at its northern boundary, and Decatur County to the east. Haw Creek Township communities include: Hartsville, Hope, Old St. Louis and Rugby.
Calvin Jelf's death certificate states that his father, William, was born in Dupont, Indiana and his mother, Isabel Van Wye was born in Jennings County, Indiana
* Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about William Jelf
Name: William Jelf
Date: May 24, 1904
Location: Shelbyville
Age: 84 yr
Gender: Male
Race: W
Source Location: City Health Office, Shelbyville
Source Notes: The source of this record is the book CH-6 on page 4 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.
* Bartholomew County, Indiana Archives
Jelf, William Hawcreek Cemetery - Page 8 - Soldier Jelf, William Misc. Hawcreek Twp.

General Notes (Wife)
* Isabella Vanwy, the daughter of John Vanwy and Mary Lattimore, was born in Indiana in 1823. She was most likely named after her grandmother, Isabella Carson Vanwye. She married William Jelf in Jennings County, Indiana at the age of seventeen. Isabella had eight known children in eleven years. Isabella had twenty-seven known grandchildren over a period of twenty-seven years. Twenty were born before her death, two twin girls were born the month that she died, and five that she did not know. When she died in 1891 at the age of sixty-seven, Isabella and William had been married for fifty years. She was buried in Haw Creek Cemetery, Bartholmew County, Indiana.
* Jennings County, Indiana Court Records, Page 145
Recd of Mitchell and James Lattimore our shares of the Fifty dollars the amount of the Legacy left to our mother Mary Vanwy formerly Mary Lattimore now deceased in the will of her father John Lattimore late of the county of Jennings Indiana deceased recd this 8 day of February 1866.
William Jelf, Isabella Jelf
Rachel Vanwy
James H. Coats, Francis J. Coats
John C. Vanwy
* Haw Creek, Bartholomew, Haw Creek Twp Sec 20
See Also Old Cemetery In Haw Creek Township
Isabel Van Wy - Calvin Jelf death certificate.
William, Walter and Martha stated that their mother was born in Pennsylvania on census records. This would indicate that Isabelle had a connection to Pennsylvania. Possibly they remembered family stories and thought their mother was born in Pennsylvania.
* Bartholomew County, Indiana Archives: Jelf, Isabella Hawcreek Cemetery - Page 8.