Notes and References
1. For source of info. refer to Notes of RIN 217.
2. Info. source see Notes of RIN 217.
3. Source of info. from. Jan. 1993 Nehs et val. Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 3 by John W. Neese
of San Jose, CA.
4. For source of info. see Notes of RIN 226.
5. data taken from NEHS et var.Newsletter written by John W. Neese.. 1417 Danby Ave..San
Jose, CA 95132 (date: 5/27/92) The data was apparently submitted to him by Martha Nees St. John..3555 Durwoood Dr..Beaumont, TX 77706-3703In
another Nehs Newsletter dated Jan. 1993, Info. given by a Mary Gibbens gave his birthdate as ca. 1773. It also gives info. on who his
parents were.John and his wife Mary moved from Shenandoah Co., Virginia and settled in Greene Co., Tennesse on Plum Creek, a branch of Lick
Creek. Plum Creek is located abt. 8 miles north of Greenville, TN. Around 1827, they, and most of their family moved to Clay Co., Indiana.
6. Her marriage to John NEESE on 26 May 1798 in Greene Co., TN was taken from marriage
record #536. Refer to notes for RIN 87. Her father's name was Ulric WAGGONER, and her mother's names is still unknown.
7. Married Phillip FRY. Source of info. was from Jan. 1993 Nehs Newsletter by John W. Neese
of San Jose, from info. supplied by a Mary T. Gibbens, RR 2, Box 301, Center Point, IN 47840.
8. Married William FRY. For source info, refer to Notes of RIN 226.
9. Married 1) Samuel BAILEY; 2) Andrew SHAFFER; 3) Green CRESENBERRYFor source info. see
Notes of RIN 226.
10. Married Susan WRIGHT. For source of info. see Notes of RIN 226.
11. Married Asa ASHER. For source of info. see Notes of RIN 226.
12. Marriage info.-- #956 Greene Co., Tennessee.
13. This persons father is John Freshour. No other info. found.No info. on mother except
the possibly incomplete surname EAVE.
14. Supposedly married a man by the surname LATHAM. Date and place unknown.
15. Married a Phillip Nelson. Date and place unknown.
16. Married to Mary M. Booth, date and place unknown.
17. Married Barbara FRY. Info. source see Notes RIN 226.
18. Family history indicates that the surname NEESE was originally NEHS in Europe. Also
the last letter E was dropped when Adam married Mary NEES, as recorded in Marriage Certificate from Union Co. Indiana, book 8, p. 132.The
vital statistical information for this indiviual and his wife Mary NEES and their 11 children was taken from p.22 of the Nees Family History
by Marie Crouse Murray.This persons father was named John NEESE, and his mother was named Mary Waggoner.(NOTE: THIS PERSONS BAPT. AND
ENDOWMENT HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND ARE WAITING TO BE DONE AT THE DALLAS TEMPLE. 1-06-1988.
19. Another source (Phyliss Nees of Cory, Indiana) indicates Mary Nees birth date to be
27 Mar. 1811. The birthdate of 17 Aug 1811 comes from the Nees Family History by Marie Crouse Murray, p.22. Still another source, gives her
birthdate 18 Aug. 1811. This source is a family research letter written by Theodore Nees RIN 26, who studied the Nees tree quite a bit.This
persons father was named Michael NEES, and her mother was named Margaret Peggy Freshour. Records show that they were married in 1804 in
Greene Co. Tennessee.
20. Source of birth year and place was taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
person died young.
21. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
individual may have married a man with the surname of BLACK, date & place unknown.
22. Information taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana.
23. Married William ANDERSON. For source info. refer to Notes of RIN 226.
24. Married Leah ANDERSON. For source of info. refer to Notes of Rin 226.
25. Married a Mary Johnson on 3 Oct. 1833
26. Another source (Phyliss Nees of Cory, Indiana) indicates Mary Nees birth date to be
27 Mar. 1811. The birthdate of 17 Aug 1811 comes from the Nees Family History by Marie Crouse Murray, p.22. Still another source, gives her
birthdate 18 Aug. 1811. This source is a family research letter written by Theodore Nees RIN 26, who studied the Nees tree quite a bit.This
persons father was named Michael NEES, and her mother was named Margaret Peggy Freshour. Records show that they were married in 1804 in
Greene Co. Tennessee.
27. Family history indicates that the surname NEESE was originally NEHS in Europe. Also
the last letter E was dropped when Adam married Mary NEES, as recorded in Marriage Certificate from Union Co. Indiana, book 8, p. 132.The
vital statistical information for this indiviual and his wife Mary NEES and their 11 children was taken from p.22 of the Nees Family History
by Marie Crouse Murray.This persons father was named John NEESE, and his mother was named Mary Waggoner.(NOTE: THIS PERSONS BAPT. AND
ENDOWMENT HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND ARE WAITING TO BE DONE AT THE DALLAS TEMPLE. 1-06-1988.
28. Source of birth year and place was taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
person died young.
29. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
individual may have married a man with the surname of BLACK, date & place unknown.
30. Information taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana.
31. Birth date taken from St. James Church record in Greene Co., Tenn.Married a Martha
Birchfield. Date and place unknown.
32. Married Mary Ellen FRY. For info. sources see Notes of RIN 226.
33. This individual married a Mary Hapenny or Mary Neier, date and place unknown. !Source
of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana.
34. Married a Wesley Danner
35. Married a Thomas Walters
36. Married a George Burkhart.
37. Married a Jamie Burkhart.
38. Married a Grant Jones.
39. Married a Mr. Utterback.
40. Never married.
41. Married a Agnus (last name unknown).
42. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
individual married Margaret Bowman on 25 Feb. 1855.
43. This person is the daughter of John Bowman Jr. RIN 90, and Nancy (Retherford) Bowman
RIN 91.Temple ordinance work date and place taken from IGI microfiche pg. 866, Indiana, batch no. 7816701, serial sheet no. 6.
44. Source of birth year and place is from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana.This
individual married Nancy J. Gard, date and place unknown. This person is Lon Neeses father. He fought in the Civil War He was wounded n the
shoulder in the battle at Murfeesboro, Tenn. in Dec. 1862. He was also in the battles of Missionary Ridge and Hookout Mountain in Nov. 1863.
45. Died in Infancy.
46. Died young.
47. Married a Peter Harris.
48. Died young.
49. Married an Edith French.
50. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
individual married David Brown Mace on 8 Feb 1855.
51. Married to Margaret Nees (RIN 68).
52. from 1934 "Clay City News"
53. Homesteaded near Walla Walla, Washington
54. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
individual supposedly married Leonard Mace, date and place unknown.
55. Married a Marian Stafford.
56. Married a Mr. Rawley.
57. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. First
given name may have been Sarah. Supposedly married Len McCullough, date and place unknown.
58. This person is Sarah Nees (RIN 71) second Husband.
59. Married a Anna Storps
60. Source of birth year and place taken from 1850 Census of Owen Co., Indiana. This
individual supposedly married Salina J. Hutson, date and place unknown.
61. Often referred to as Aunt Sina.
62. Married a Grant Nelson.
63. Married a Nelson White.
64. Married a Joe Harris.
65. Married a Pearl Smart.
66. Married a Jesse ????
67. Never married.
68. Married a Beulah Warren.
69. Married a Anna Latham.
70. Married a Clara McCullough. Lived at 249 Belmont Ave. Long Beach, CA.
71. Death and marriage dates were obtained from newspaper clipping from city of Akron,
Indiana ; telling of her husband's (Adam Ross Nees) death on 30 Sept. 1972.
72. Married Laura McCullough.
73. Married a John Ward.
74. Married a Mary Hofman.
75. Married a Will Irvin, then later a Edgar Staggs.
76. Married a Leora Wallace.
77. Married a Edith Moss. Communicated with Theodore H. Nees RIN 26 on research into the
Nees family tree.This person was often referred to Lon Nees, and they lived in Brazil, Indiana.
78. Clay Co. Death Certificate: Cause of death: Elephantiasis Nostra (both legs) Chronic
Nephritis
79. Married a Lottie Mills.
80. Divorced 1st wife Iva Sparks in 1920 at Beaumont,Tx.
81. Father was Dr. Samuel Womack Adams, born Jan ?? Mother was Dora Cordelia Rhodes, born
6 Mar 187?
82. Married Corinne Gary on 15 Nov 1924 in Beaumont,Texas and who died 28 May 1978 in
Houston,Tx.
83. Married Genevieve Sullivan ca 1940 in Beaumont,Tx; she died ca 1990 in same place.
His 1st wife was Elaine Hulsey, who died in May of 1939 in Beaumont,TX.
84. Married 1st wife Kathleen Richardson ca 1930-32 in Beaumont,Tx; 2nd wife Peggy ???
85. Married Harry Irvine Bremner, Jr. on 24 Feb 1944 in Great Bend, KansasHarry Irvine
Bremner, Jr. was born 11 Dec 1918 in Hollywood, California.
86. Married Ernest Revere St. John on 15 Nov 1952 in Beaumont,Texas(license issued in
Orange Co., Texas.) Husband was born 20 Dec 1921 in Union Parish, LA
87. Information source: Montana State copy of death certificate, file # 87 3040.Helen
died in the Rosebud Health Care Center due to infirmities of old age, and as a consequence of Parkinson's Disease. She was 79 yrs. old. s.s
# 389-07-7270.Temple Ordinance ref 8909309 12 s/n 00043-4 063 83
88. Ordinance Ref. 5014240 45 s/n 00223-0 066 13
89. This persons autobiography is written in a book entitled "From Prairie Marbleto
Streets of Gold" by his daughter Grace Nees Powell Fladseth, copyright 1977.
90. Married Marshall Murphy in 1917. Source: Biography book "From Prairie Marble To
Streets of Gold".
91. Married Roy Powell 1 Jan .. in Montana.
92. Source: Stanley Raymond Nees was a state senator in Montana. He was a rancher and
banker.
93. Married Delphin Larson on . Feb 19. in Montana.
94. Married Margaret Vincent on . Oct 1932 in Montana.
95. Married Leonard Marshall on ....... in Montana.
96. Married Raymond Klein on . Jun 1935 in Kalispell, Montana.
97. Source: Lawrence Guy Nees was a Pastor and College President.
98. Married David Sutherland on....... in .......
99. Married ...... Sprue on ......... in Roswell, New Mexico
100. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
101. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
102. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
103. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
104. Clay Co. Death Certificate: Cause of death: Pulmonary Edema Chronic Heart Failure
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
105. Clay Co. Birth Certificate of Russell E. Mace
106. This persons father was Herman A. Lindow, and her mother was Helga Helen Gorder.
Other husbands included Dale Sellick and Owen P. Brady. The info. on this person was obtained from C.J. and Sue Nees 4705 S. Raymond St.
Spokane, WA 99206
107. Information Source: Montana State Copy of death certificate, file # 86 4298.Ruth
died in St. Vincent's Hospital and Health Center of natural causes due to old age. She was 81. s.s # 516-28-7462. Occupation Restaurants
Manager.Temple ordinance REF 8909309 11 s/n 00042-2 063 83
108. Ordinance ref. F514240 s/n: 00287-1 MFID: 03892481
109. Birth & Death info. from personal knowledge of son Dean R. Nees (submitter).
110. Birth and ordinance info. from personal knowledge of Dean R. Nees (submitter).
111. This persons father was John James Coleman, and her mother was Etta Wilson.Her
three husbands were: 1st-- Ralph Cook 2nd-- Ehrmel Elzoo Nees 3rd-- George Crawley
112. Married Francesca Ann Hill on 29 Aug. 1970.
113. Harlan, my uncle, married a Delores Patzer twice. They were last married in
Billings, Mont. sometime in June of 1934. They had two daughters, Helen, (This Helen Married and became Helen Bailey)she later disowned
herself from the family and her whereabouts are unknown. The second daughter was Catherine, born 8 July 1951. She married a GaryD. Penninger
on 7-17-70. They had two boys-- Harlan Grant (born 10-8-73), and Douglas Dean (born 1-22-77). They divorced in 1985, and both continued to
live in Billings.
114. Delores "Pat" Nees had been involved in operating the beer distributorship she
and her husband Harlan owned in Miles City, Montana as well as their ranch in Rosebud, Montana. She kept the business books, and enjoyed
agate hunting, fishing, and playing cards. Mrs. Nees,66, of 119 Yellowstone Ave., died Sunday morning in Western Manor after a long
illness.Delores was born to an Alfred and Jenny Patzer, and attend school in Forsyth, Montana.
115. This person's father was Anderson P. Bilyeu, and her mother was Clara Meiers.
116. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
117. Phone call to Marilyn Sheese Whittington on December 21, 1996
118. Source: She owns Sugar and Spice in Brazil, Indiana.
119. Clay Co. Birth Certificate
120. Clay Co. Birth Certificate
121. Father's name was Ed, and mother's was Grace.(first names)Believed to have died
about 1957 in Glendive, MOnt.
122. This person took his own life sometime in the 1980's.
123. This was an adopted child.
124. This daughter died in a car accident when 18 yrs. old.
125. This persons' father was Ronicle Jacobson and her mother was Roberta Hale
126. This information was given by Steven Nees himself while visiting me on 2-4-1989.
127. Birth and ordinance info. from certificates and papers in my possession.
128. This person was the first wife of Dean Roger NEES, civilly married in Reno, Neveda
on 26 Feb. 1962. They had one male child, James Dean NEES born 3 Jan. 1963 in Roseville, Placer Co., California. The marriage ended in
divorce in April of 1971.This persons father was Clyde Eugene Lester and her mother was Nelda Elizabeth Taylor.
129. This person married Maxine Elnorma Lehto on 22 June 1972.
130. Father's name was Rueben Lehte, and mother's name was Florence Montgomery.
131. This person's father was Charles Wilbur Seeley.
132. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
133. Clay County, Indiana, p. 131
134. Jackie graduated from Brazil High School in 1984. She worked at Riddell National
Bank from 198_-198_. She graduated from Beauty School in 198_. She graduated from Indiana State University with a degree in teaching in May,
1993.
135. Andrew Thomas graduated from Brazil High School in 1978. He graduated from Indiana
University in 1984, majoring in Philosophy and Political Science. He has been employed by the Indiana Department of Commerce, Indiana
Department of Correction, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana House of Representatives Majority Caucus Staff, Indiana Attorney
General, and Indiana Secretary of State. He graduated from Valparaiso University Law School in 1987. He has practiced law since June 8,
1987. He was a Vigo County Deputy Prosecutor from October, 1993 until December 31, 1994. He became the Clay County Chief Deputy Prosecutor
on January 1, 1994.
136. Vigo Co, IN Birth Certificate
137. Vigo Co, IN Birth Certificate
Send email to preparer: athomas@claynet.com
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