We are researching Peter Winebrenner, son of Christian Winebrenner and Mary Adam.
1818 On 28 October, Peter Winebrenner Jr. and his wife Mary sold to Conrad Martin their 1/7 part of the Adam property. Peter was an heir of Mary Winebrenner, daughter of John Adam. The land was adjacent to land of Christian Winebrenner Sr. [1]
1820 Peter Winebrenner lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania with males: one age 0-10 [David], one age 16-26, and females: one age 0-10 [Hetty], one age 16-26. Nearby listings included Mary River [sister], Christian Winebrenner [father], and Edward Cowan. [2]
1830 Peter Winebrenner was taxed in Woodberry Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [3]
1840 Peter Winebrenner was taxed in Blair Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [4]
Peter Winebrenner was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenfield Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [5]
1843 Peter Winebrenner was one of the twelve original members of the Christian Church in Noble County, Indiana. [6]
1850 Peter Winebrenner (age 50) and Mary Winebrenner (age 49) lived in Wheatfield, Indiana County, Pennsylvania with Matilda Winebrenner (age 14) and William Hill (age 4). [7]
1858 Peter Winebrenner died on May 16 and was buried at Burr Oak, Noble County, Indiana. [8] [9]
1859 Mary Winebrenner, spouse of Peter Winebrenner, died on May 16 in Noble County, Indiana. She was born on December 6, 1796 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [10]
1862 Son David Winebrenner, spouse of Mary Winebrenner, died on September 29 in Kentucky. He was born in June, 1820 in Blair County, Pennsylvania. [11]
1888 Mary Winebrenner, spouse of David Winebrenner (son of Peter and Mary), died on October 18 in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin. She was born in 1816 in Blair County, Pennsylvania. [12]
1925 Matilda Laswell, spouse of Samuel Cornelius Dale, died on February 1 in Columbia County, Oregon. She was born on December 12, 1837 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Winebrenner. [13]
1862 Private Samuel Cornelius Dale, spouse of Matilda Laswell, died on July 5 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was born in 1828 in Centre County, Pennsylvania. [14]
1899 Francis Asbury Dale, spouse of Laura Alice Dale, died on October 5 in Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas. He was born on January 12, 1858 in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, son of Samuel Cornelius Dale and Matilda Laswell. [15]
1900 Matilda Winebrenner, spouse of William Winebrenner, died on October 15. She was born on October 4, 1829. [16]
1906 William Winebrenner, spouse of Matilda Winebrenner, died on May 18 in West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He was born on December 6, 1828 in Blair County, Pennsylvania, son of Peter Winebrenner and Mary Winebrenner. [17]
Research Notes:
1892 Some of the heirs of Mary and Peter Winebrenner were named in a court case brought by Eli Rivir against several defendants. The list of defendants named Jacob Winebrenner and wife Lydia, Matilda Laswell, Joseph Winebrenner and wife Amelia, Henry Winebrenner and wife Maggie, Eliza and Frederick Frances, Mary and James Conlon, John Winebrenner and wife, David Winebrenner and wife, the heirs of Hattie Keithly deceased who was a daughter of David Winebrenner deceased, William and Emma Hill, and Byron Gray guardian of John Rivir. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Two tracts of land were described and defendants had ownership of different fractions of the two parcels of land. [32]
A. 44.45 acres north half of NW quarter of section 24, township 33 north, range 9 east, excepting the 10 acres of the second part
B. 10 acres in section 24, township 33 north, range 9 east. [33]Both tracts were part of the estate of Peter Winebrenner who died in 1858. The heirs of Peter Winbrenner deceased included widow Mary Winebrenner, who died in 1860, and eight children. The real estate of Peter Winebrenner deceased included the north half of NW quarter of section 24, township 33 north, range 9 east. [34] Peter Winebrenner was the executor for the estate of Peter Winebrenner deceased. Peter Winebrenner, executor, sold "the undivided two-thirds of said N 1/3 [sic, should be N 1/2] of the N.W. 1/4 to Jacob Winebrenner and on the 18th day of January 1860 duly executed an administrator's deed conveying said undivided 2/3 of said N 1/2 to said Jacob Winebrenner which said deed was on February 4, 1861 recorded in Deed Record No 16 at page 332". Peter C Winebrenner (one of the children of said Mary Winebrenner, deceased) and wife Rebecca sold 1/24 of the N 1/2 to Jacob Winebrenner by deed 16-334. Note that 1/24 = (1/3)(1/2)(1/4), so at this point, Jacob Winebrenner owned the entire north half of the NW quarter of section 24, that is, he owned 1/8=3/24 of the section.
Jacob Winebrenner and wife Rachel then sold 10 acres of the tract to Andrew Winebrenner (this is the second tract of Eli Rivir's suit). Andrew Winebrenner and wife Mary A sold the 10 acres of their tract to Samuel W. Jackson. Samuel Jackson and wife Martha sold the land to John Rivir, a defendant in the suit of Eli Rivir. [35]
Byron Gray suggests that the claim of Eli Rivir for part of the 10 acres rested on three deeds [36] made by three children of Mary Winebrenner (widow of Peter Winebrenner deceased) to Eli Rivir. Further, these three deeds might conflict with the rights of John Rivir (?) [37]:
1) By Henry Dale and wife Hetty to Eli Rivir dated May 23, 1892.
2) By Mary Longstreth and husband William H. to Eli Rivir
3) By William Winebrenner and wife Matilda H. executed July 27, 1892Several of the defendants in the case were described as heirs of Peter and Mary Winebrenner, although some of the deeds decribed in the testimony involved purchasers of land from the heirs. The relationship of the individual defendants to Peter and Mary Winebrenner was not always specified clearly in the court proceedings. Several of the defendants were children of David Winebrenner, deceased, who was a son of Peter and Mary Winebrenner. The children of Mary and Peter Winebrenner may have included Peter Winebrenner (administrator of the estate) and wife Mary, Jacob Winebrenner (purchaser) and wife Rachel, Matilda Laswell, Henry and Hettie Dale, William H and Mary Longsworth, William Winebrenner and wife Matilda. David Winebrenner, deceased was named as a child of Peter and Mary, and David's heirs were named as defendants (was David counted among the eight children?). Other researchers do not name Andrew (purchaser) Winebrenner, spouse of Mary A., as a son. Other researchers do name Sarah wife of William Hill as a daughter.
Defendant Byron Gray, guardian of John Rivir, a person of unsound mind, was named as a defendant. The statement of Byron Gray lists deeds that had been made for the 10 acre tract. [38]
Matilda Laswell was named as a defendant. Eli Rivir's complaint indicated that John Rivir and Matilda Laswell had no claim to the land.
William Hill and Emma Hill were named as defendants. Note that William Hill (age 4) lived with Peter and Mary Winebrenner in the 1850 census.
1893 Eli Rivir claimed rights to 21/24 of the land. [39] John Rivir (of unsound mind) and Matilda Laswell had claims on the land. [40] Payment was made to Drury and Nellie Easterday (Nellie was a daughter of Eli Rivir). [41] The settlement was distributed with three equal payments of $34.15 2/3 to each of the following who had a 1/24 share each. [42] [43]:
1. Jacob Winebrenner
2. David Hill
3. Joseph Winebrenner, Henry Winebrenner, Eliza Frances, Mary Conlon, John Winebrenner, David Winebrenner, and the unknown heirs, if any of Hattie Keithley, deceased, who are the heirs of David Winebrenner, son of Peter and Mary Winebrenner, deceased.
Other researchers have reported the children named here, with some differences and some uncertainty. These notes might involve more than one person named Peter Winebrenner who lived in Indiana County, Pennsylvania in 1850, but may have lived in Noble County, Indiana before and after that time. We show the children and spouses of children here as placeholders for research notes. We are not confident about the children listed here, nor their spouses. [44]
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[2] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
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[16] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[17] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
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[19] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-256/7, [AncestryImage].
[20] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-258/9, [AncestryImage].
[21] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-260/1, [AncestryImage].
[22] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-262/3, [AncestryImage].
[23] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-264/5, [AncestryImage].
[24] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-266/7, [AncestryImage].
[25] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-268/9, [AncestryImage].
[26] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-270/1, [AncestryImage].
[27] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-272/3, [AncestryImage].
[28] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-274/5, [AncestryImage].
[29] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-276/7, [AncestryImage].
[30] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-278/9, [AncestryImage].
[31] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-280/1, [AncestryImage].
[32] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-256, bottom third, [AncestryImage].
[33] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-258 bottom and 259 top, [AncestryImage].
[34] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-262, point 2. of Byron Gray's response, [AncestryImage].
[35] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-263, [AncestryImage].
[36] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-265, [AncestryImage].
[37] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-265, top line, [AncestryImage].
[38] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-262, [AncestryImage].
[39] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-258, middle, [AncestryImage].
[40] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-257, top, [AncestryImage].
[41] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-279, [AncestryImage].
[42] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-280/1, [AncestryImage].
[43] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, 10-278, [AncestryImage].
[44] Genealogical Library, Arthur G. Gibbony, Winebrenner Genealogy, DGS 7811600, Item 3, image 38, [FamilySearchImage].