ETTER FAMILY:
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I find this family mixed into other Miller County families quite a bit. They were an influence in their own right, helping create Miller Co. The first one seems to be Samuel Etter. Sam and his wife were in their 60s according to the 1840 census. Daniel and John Etter were also here with their families. Let's see if we can tie them all together with census and marriage records. Samuel does not show up in the 1850 census, but I believe the Susannah Etter, that is living with William Etter, is his wife. 1850 census: Daniel Etter age 37 (Va) Mary age 33 (Mo) (all children born Mo) Samuel age 13 Rosannah age 10 William age 7 Eliza age 2 Paulina Mc Laughlin age 15 1860 census: (Glaise Twp) Daniel Etter age 47 Mary age 43 Samuel age 20 Roseanna age 17 William G. age 14 Eliza J. age 11 John W. age 8 Missouri age 5 Martha age 3 James Wyrick age 17 1870 census: (Saline Twp) Daniel Etter age 58 Mary age 54 John W. age 18 Missouri age 14 Martha age 12 1880 census: (Saline Twp) Daniel Etter age 67 Mary/Polly age 64 1850 census: Samuel Etter married Orlena Sterling, 9/2/1847. Samuel Etter age 24 (Tn) Jane age 23 (Tn) Levisa age 3 months(Tn) 1860 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel Etter age 34 (Tn) Orleana Jane age 33 (Tn) Zelitha A. age 4 (Tn) Lucy J. age 3 (Tn) Luella P. age 3 months (Tn) 1870 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel Etter age 43 (Mo) Harriet L. age 27 (Ky) Zilpha age 14 (Mo) Lucy J. age 12 Luella P. age 9 Samuel B. age 5 Charles H. age 3 Thomas H. age 1 1880 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel Etter Sr. age 54 was living with James & Eliza Harrison. 1880 census: (living next door) Samuel Etter age 15 Charles age 13 Thomas H. age 11 Albert L. age 3 Elizabeth Dooley age 34 (Mo) Lettie Reed age 23 (ILL) 1850 census: George Etter married Mary A. Cotten, 12/17/1846. George Etter age 30 (Tn) Mary age 20 (Mo) Jemima age 2 (Mo) Samuel age 2 months 1860 census: (Franklin Twp) George W. Etter age 39 Mary A. age 30 Jemima age 12 Samuel G. age 10 James F. age 6 Sylvester M. age 3 Mary F. age 1 1870 census: (Saline Twp) George W. Etter age 49 Mary A. age 39 Samuel G. age 21 James F. age 16 Sylvester M. age 13 Mary E. age 11 John W. age 9 Bennett age 7 Frances V. age 5------- Emma E. age 3 1880 census: (Saline Twp) George W. Etter age 59 Mary A. age 49 John W. age 19 Bennett P. age 17 Virginia F. age 15------- Elizabeth age 13 1900 census: (Saline Twp) John W. Etter age 48 (Mo) Mary J. age 45 (Mo) Daniel E. age 15 (Mo) George R. age 12 Albert R. age 10 Jessie B. age 7 Cirrelda age 2 1880 census: (Saline Twp) John Etter age 30 (Mo) Jane age 23 (Mo) Missouri age 5 Lucy O. age 2 Lulu age 1 month Joel T. Bond age 7 (cousin) 1850 census: William Etter married Elizabeth Ann Hinds, 8/5/1849. William Etter age 30 (Tn) Elizabeth age 23 (Ky) Rosannah age 70 (Va) 1860 census: (Saline Twp) William Etter age 41 Elizabeth age 32 Roseanna age 11 Mary J. age 9 Mahala age 7 Nancy L. age 4 Samuel B. age 7 months Roseanna age 80 is living with Eve Wyrick. Hiram Etter married Emily A. Dresser, 9.3/1840. James Etter married Nancy Akes, 9/30/1860. 1870 census: (Saline Twp) James Etter age 23 (Mo) Nancy age 28 (Ky) Fredrick age 7 (Mo) Frank Daniel age 5 John age 3 Luellen age 1 1880 census: (Saline Twp) James Etter age 43 Nancy age 40 Fredrick age 17 Frank age 15 John age 13 Olivia age 9 Charles age 6 Willie age 5 Cenia age 1 month Nancy Reed age 23 Amanda Martin age 15 Fredrick Etter married to Lucy Stayton, 3/16/1892. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Fredrick Etter age 37 (Mo) Lucy A. age 31 (Mo) Forrest S. age 7 (Mo) Emil B. age 1 (Mo) William G. Etter married Sarah Stephens, 12/20/1866. 1870 census: (Equality Twp) William G. Etter age 24 (Mo) Sarah J. age 27 (Mo) Permelia age 3 (Mo) Mary J. age 1 (Mo) 1880 census: (Saline Twp) William G. Etter married Nancy E. Harrison, 3/1/1874. (2nd wife) William G. Etter age 38 Nancy age 27 Permelia I. age 12 Mary j. age 11 Oliver age 8 Ida L. age 5 Arrena E. age 1 1900 census: (Saline Twp) William G. Etter age 58 Nancy age 47 Permelia age 24 Arrenia age 22 William Etter married Carline Shockley, 11/15/1868. (2nd wife) 1870 census: (Saline Twp) William Etter age 50 (Tn) Mary Carline age 30 (Mo) Rosannah age 19 Mary A. age 17 Mahala age 15----------- Nancy L. age 12 Samuel B. age 10 I. E. age 5 (female) Andrew Shockley age 13 Permelia Shockley age 4 Matilda Shockley age 12 1880 census: Mahala Etter age 25, was living with James & Sarah Spalding.----- Samuel Etter to Sarah Ann Simmons, 3/17/1872. 1880 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel G. Etter age 30 (Mo) Sally (Sarah?)Ann age 24 (Mo) John F. age 7 Mary Isabel age 5 Rna age 10 months (male) Samuel W. Etter to Ida Woodard, 10/4/1874. 1880 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel W. Etter age 41 (Mo) Ida age 24 (Ohio) Orville age 3 (Mo) 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel W. Etter age 60 Ida J. age 44 Orville age 23 Myrtle age 17 Jessie age 10 Samuel Etter to Elizabeth Dooley, 1/23/1881. Daniel Etter to Edith Scott, 12/23/1891. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Daniel Etter age 30 (Mo) Edith age 27 (Mo) Bertha age 7 (Mo) Paul J. age 4 (Mo) Samuel Etter to Martha J. Russell, 8/20/1885. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Samuel G. Etter age 40 (Mo) Martha Jane age 36 (Mo) Girtha L. age 12 (Mo) Priest E. age 6 (Mo) 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Oliver Etter married Leona Vanhooser, 2/3/1894. Oliver Etter age 28 (Mo) Leona M. age 22 (Mo) Lillian D. age 3 (Mo) Nancy M. age 1 (Mo) The Etter Women married: Eliza Jane Etter married Francis Marion Boan, 2/28/1867. Eve Etter married Joseph A. Starling, 10/24/1844. Jemima Etter married William A. McBride, 10/7/1869. Rosannah Jane Etter married William M. Belshe, 2/9/1868. Rosannah Etter married William A. McBride, 4/4/1867. Lucy Jane Etter to Ransom Savage, 3/19/1876. Mary A. Etter to William Bond, 1/14/1870. Martha Jane Etter to John W. Gartin, 4/3/1873. Zylpha Etter to Lovell Kirkpatrick, 3/6/1873. Nancy L. Etter to William B. Adcock, 12/17/1877. Mary E. Etter to Yancy Roark, 12/18/1879. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Yancy L. Roark age 50 (Mo) Mary age 41 (Mo) Oivis ? age 19 (Mo) (male) Gertie M. age 17 Lulu age 14 Ira B. Slote age 20 (cousin) Belle Etter to James M. Russell, 12/21/1884. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) James M. Russell age 35 Belle age 32 Beulah age 14 Lucy age 4 Carrie age 2 Mary J. Etter to George M. Harbison, 3/4/1887. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) George Harbison age 34 (Mo) Mary J. age 31 (Mo) Elsie M. age 6 Clarence E. age 5 Alva L. age 3 Barney G. age 1 Most of the Etters are buried in Saline Twp. where they lived their lives for the most part. They are at the following cemeteries: Eldon AF & AM (Masonic) Odd Fellows Salem Mt. Vernon DeVere |