The Routh Family
Reported by Mark Ellsworth Hickman, PhD
a Routh descendent
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Photo at left is Simon Elias Routh
in the Spanish American War.
My great-grandparents at right:
Simon Elias Routh and Nannie (Martin) Routh.
Simon was born 12 Dec 1871 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
He was the son of Benjamin Hopkins Routh and Barbara Ann
(Summers) Routh.
Nannie was born 22 Jan 1877 in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
She was the daughter of James Frederick Martin and Eliza Jane
(Lowmiller, Plank) Martin.
Photo on left shows my great-grandfather,
Simon Elias Routh,
with his mother, Barbara Ann (Summers) Routh (on the left), and
his sister,
Elizabeth Alice (Routh) Dobson (on the right, in the white
dress).
The name of the horse is not known.
On the right is a photograph of my
great-grandfather,
Simon Elias Routh. Simon was the father of Velva Deliliah "Jean"
(Routh) Houghton,
Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman, and Lawrence "Joe" Routh.
NOTE: There are extensive Routh resources at the
Indiana State Library -- books, pedigrees, files, other documents.
SOURCES
- Family Bible records of Clarence Noble Eddleman (born 09 January 1909), husband of
the above-named Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman
- Family Bible records of the above-named Benjamin Routh (born 18 April 1841)
- Spanish American War records of the above-named Simon Elias Routh (born 12 Dec 1871)
- Wedding booklet of the above-named Simon Elias Routh (born 12 December 1871) and Nannie (Martin) Routh,
in Nannie's handwriting.
- Clinton County, Indiana birth records
- Clinton County, Indiana marriage records
- Clinton County, Indiana death records
- Monroe County, Indiana birth records
- Monroe County, Indiana marriage records
- Monroe County, Indiana death records
- Tippecanoe County, Indiana birth records
- Tippecanoe County, Indiana marriage records
- Tippecanoe County, Indiana death records
- Blair County, Pennsylvania marriage records
- Estate Settlement for Benjamin Routh (born 18 April 1841. died 05 August 1897.
This record in genealogy materials at public library in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana.)
- Routh family materials on archive at Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana
- First person accounts of Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman (born 26 August 1910)
- Identified photographs copied from Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman (born 26 August 1910)
- 1850 U. S. Census in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
- 1860 U. S. Census in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
- 1870 U. S. Census in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
- 1913 Frankfort (Clinton County), Indiana Telephone Directory
- Union Cemetery in Clarks Hill, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
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