McCormick Family - Ourfolk
William Henry Harrison McCormick 27 MAR 1818 - 23 DEC 1884
William was born on 27 MAR 1818 in Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana and died on 23 DEC 1884 (age: 66) in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie .
He was the son of John Wesley McCormick, Jr (15 SEP 1791 - 2 JUN 1867) and Bethiah Case (McCormick) .
William was married to Katherine Anne Drennen (McCormick) .
Katherine was born on 13 AUG 1822 in Butler County, Ohio and died on 21 JAN 1890 (age: 67) in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie .
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| ⌈ John Wesley McCormick, Sr (30 AUG 1754 - 18 APR 1837) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ John Wesley McCormick, Jr (15 SEP 1791 - 2 JUN 1867) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Catherine Anne Drennen (McCormick) (25 JAN 1769 - 22 FEB 1862) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Henry Harrison McCormick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Bethiah Case (McCormick) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mother - Bethiah Case - from web site of Kelly Runyon Bragg
Lafayette Monroe McCormick
Delaware County's first rural mail carrier
Nick-Name (Cricket) he was born in Connersville, Indiana on Nov15,1846 and came to Muncie with his parents Dr. William Henry Harrison McCormick and Katherine Anne Drennen when he was eight years old..
He lead an active and useful life. Coming from a family noteable for there musical talent. for Twenty-Five years he played the Cornet and Trombone in the Muncie Band with his sisters and brothers, and with the McCormick concert company.He met his wife Mary Emorillis Leonard at a Street Dance and they were Married June 23rd 1870. When he Married Mary Emorillis 'Emma' the McCormick's accepted her, but considered her outside of their Social Status. Her father was a Medicine Man and she and her sisters-and mother traveled through-out Ohio and Indiana like Gypsies. In the later years The McCormick's soon realized that she maintained stability thru their family life.. She died in 1934.For twenty years he was a member of De Ember Tribe #30, Order of Red Men, a popular Fraternal at that time.
His Political life was active with the democrat party and a long time member as secretary of the gray club organized during Grover Cleveland's campaign.When the United States Post Office Dept. established free rural delivery McCormick was the first rural mail carrier in Deleware County -he had his own horse & buggy. The McCormick's were clannish folks who did not mingle with anyone except relatives. Most of them lived on the west side ff Muncie,Indiana near Ball-State University. Lafayette died January 05, 1923 in Delaware Co, and is buried in the Beech Grove Cemetery
(Courtesy Kelly Runyon Bragg,-
gg- granddaughter of Lafayette Monroe McCormick)
Delaware County's first rural mail carrier
Nick-Name (Cricket) he was born in Connersville, Indiana on Nov15,1846 and came to Muncie with his parents Dr. William Henry Harrison McCormick and Katherine Anne Drennen when he was eight years old..
He lead an active and useful life. Coming from a family noteable for there musical talent. for Twenty-Five years he played the Cornet and Trombone in the Muncie Band with his sisters and brothers, and with the McCormick concert company.He met his wife Mary Emorillis Leonard at a Street Dance and they were Married June 23rd 1870. When he Married Mary Emorillis 'Emma' the McCormick's accepted her, but considered her outside of their Social Status. Her father was a Medicine Man and she and her sisters-and mother traveled through-out Ohio and Indiana like Gypsies. In the later years The McCormick's soon realized that she maintained stability thru their family life.. She died in 1934.For twenty years he was a member of De Ember Tribe #30, Order of Red Men, a popular Fraternal at that time.
His Political life was active with the democrat party and a long time member as secretary of the gray club organized during Grover Cleveland's campaign.When the United States Post Office Dept. established free rural delivery McCormick was the first rural mail carrier in Deleware County -he had his own horse & buggy. The McCormick's were clannish folks who did not mingle with anyone except relatives. Most of them lived on the west side ff Muncie,Indiana near Ball-State University. Lafayette died January 05, 1923 in Delaware Co, and is buried in the Beech Grove Cemetery
(Courtesy Kelly Runyon Bragg,-
gg- granddaughter of Lafayette Monroe McCormick)
Last change (on this page): 15 OCT 2018