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- "John Jacob Schermerhorn married again March 24, 1856 to Achsah A. Insley who was born in Richland Township in January 1834. She was the 2nd daughter of Ellis and Rebecca Stafford Insley who emigrated to this township from Highland County, Ohio in 1831. John Insley, the earliest one of this name of whom there is any account in the family was from Maine. The Staffords were from North Carolina. Ellis Insley first settled 3 miles east of Newtown where his first child, Miriam E was born in 1832.
Next year he removed to the place where Robert Parnell lives, and resided on it till 1865 when he sold it to the present occupant. From this time he made his home on a farm near Indianapolis. He died at Mr. Schermerhorn's in 1868 while there on a visit and was buried in his own lot in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.
His daughter Miriam is the wife of Rev. L. Nebeker at present residing at Battle Ground. He had one son, William Q who became a physician. He married Celia Whitmore of Ft. Wayne and lived in Terre Haute from 1864 till his death June 20, 1880. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery beside his father. His widow has 5 children. Mr. Insley gave his children a liberal education. His daughters were educated at Ft. Wayne College and son at Greenastle and Ann Arbor, finishing his medical course at Cincinnati. His 4th child, Sarah E born in may 1840 became the wife of Capt. Kirkpatrick, who was killed at Kenesaw Mountain. She died at her sisters (Mrs. Schermerhorn) in August 1869 and buried by side of father and brother in Crown Hill. Mr. Insley's first wife was the daughter of Shadrach Stafford, and was born in Highland Co Ohio where she also was married. She was a sweet-spirited, christian woman. She died in March 1846 and was buried at Newtown." - History of Fountain County, Indiana, H.W. Beckwith, 1881
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Parents:
Ellis Insley (1809 - 1868)
Rebecca Stafford Insley (____ - 1846)
Spouse:
John Jacob Schermerhorn (1830 - 1906)*
Children:
Alice C. Schermerhorn (1857 - 1872)*
Martha Luella Schermerhorn (1860 - 1872)*
Charles Ellis Schermerhorn (1862 - 1887)*
William Bradt Schermerhorn (1865 - 1962)*
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1834 - 1917 (83 years)
