Samuel Tarney, Sr

1794 - 1878  (84 years)

• Name	Samuel Tarney
  Suffix	Sr
  Born	1794	Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Feb 1878
  Person ID	I107	Wyatts_All
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 1	Matsey Maloy,   b. Abt 1800,   d. 14 Apr 1822  (Age ~ 22 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1820  [1]
  Last Modified	28 May 2016
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Catharine Horn,   b. Abt 1800,   d. 1 Oct 1826  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1823  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ann Tarney,   b. 24 Jan 1824, Ashland Co, Ohio ,   d. 6 Jan 1913, Ashland, Ashland Co, Ohio  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	28 May 2016
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Wyatt,   b. 13 Feb 1807, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Jun 1867, Indiana  (Age 60 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1827  [1]
  Children	1. Magdalena Tarney,   b. 1829, Ohio ,   d. Aft 1850  (Age > 22 years) + 2. Lydia Jane Tarney,   b. 25 Apr 1830, Ashland Co, Ohio ,   d. 10 Jul 1911  (Age 81 years)   3. John W. Tarney,   b. 1832, Ohio ,   d. _______   4. Nathan Tarney,   b. 1834, Ohio ,   d. _______   5. Simeon N. Tarney,   b. Abt 1839, Indiana ,   d. _______ + 6. Samuel J. Tarney, Jr,   b. 4 Feb 1841, Jackson Twp, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. Aft 1894  (Age > 54 years)
  Last Modified	28 May 2016
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Ann Wyatt,   b. 14 Oct 1809, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1890  (Age > 82 years)
  Married	7 Aug 1870	DeKalb Co, Indiana
  Notes	Ann was the fourth wife of Samuel Tarney, Sr (3 yrs after her sister Elizabeth died.) Samuel Tarney, Sr was the 3rd husband of Ann Wyatt.
  Last Modified	28 May 2016
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1794 - Pennsylvania Married - 7 Aug 1870 - DeKalb Co, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [ He " was left an orphan before his recollection. In his boyhood he went to Ohio, where he was apprenticed to the miller’s trade, and there grew to manhood. He married Matsey Maloy Sept. 14, 1820. She died April 14, 1822. Aug. 21, 1823, he married Catharine Horn, who died Oct. 1, 1826. Nov. 8 1827, he married Elizabeth , daughter of Nathan Wyatt, and in 1837 came to De Kalb County, Ind., with the Wyatt family and bought 160 acres of land on section 24, Jackson Township. He was also engaged in milling in the pioneer days, and was the first miller of Spencerville. To this last marriage were born six children, all of whom are living---Mrs. Magdalina Henderson, of Allen County, Ind.; Mrs. Lydia Jane Steward, John W., Nathan, Simeon N., and Samuel J. A daughter by the second marriage, Mrs. Mary Ann Galloway, is living in Ashland County, Ohio. Mrs. Tarney died June 20, 1867, and Aug. 7, 1870, Mr. Tarney married Mrs. Ann Berry, also a daughter of Nathan Wyatt. Mr. Tarney died Feb. 18, 1878. He was an energetic, public-spirited man, and is remembered by the pioneers for his many good qualities. He helped organize the township and was for eighteen years Town Clerk, in addition to holding other positions of trust. " --Bio of son Samuel J. Tarney (see sources)]--SH

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] History of De Kalb County, Indiana, (Chicago, IL : Inter-State Publ Co., 1885 / B.F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1914), 977.277 HIS (1885).