Person:George Dipboye (1)

From Madison County, Indiana, Index of Names of Persons and of Firms (Portrait and Biographical Record)

    "In tracing the genealogy of the Dipboye family in America, we find that the three brothers of that name emigrated from France, their native country, and settled in Pennsylvania prior to the War for Independence. One of these brothers George M. Dipboye, the grandfather of our subject (Jonathon Dipboye), served in the war and was held prisoner for three years. He then escaped by running down a channel of water. Later he settled in Virginia in the town of New Market, and passed the remainder of his days with his son Abraham Dipboye, the father of our subject. His wife Mary Dipboye, was a native of Germany".

Family of Abraham Dipboye

There was a Dipboye family in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Indiana, that may be related to our Dubois/Depoy/Deboy family. According to Portrait and biographical record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, Chicago, Biographical Pub. Co., 1893, page 705, the “founder” of the family was George Dipboye. The book says, "In tracing the genealogy of the Dipboye family in America, we find that the three brothers of that name emigrated from France, their native country, and settled in Pennsylvania prior to the War for Independence. One of these brothers George M. Dipboye, the grandfather of our subject [Jonathon Dipboye], served in the war and was held prisoner for three years. He then escaped by running down a channel of water. Later he settled in Virginia in the town of New Market, and passed the remainder of his days with his son Abraham Dipboye, the father of our subject. His wife Mary Dipboye, was a native of Germany."

Unfortunately, 19th century county histories were often highly romantic and quite inaccurate. I am especially concerned about this particular history because it is in the biography of Jonathan Dipboye, which, among other errors, misidentified at least two members of the Dipboye family. The biography listed one of Jonathan’s sisters as Mary E., who “was married to J. Hurley, and after his death to Granville Ellison; she now resides in Delaware County.” In fact, this sister was named Arbena Catherine, not Mary E. The biography also said that the wife of Jonathan’s brother Abraham was “Miss Mary Ann Impswiller.” The death certificate for Abraham’s daughter listed her mother’s name as Painter. The biography also said that Jonathan Dipboye’s maternal grandparents had remained in Pennsylvania and died there, however, Jonathan’s maternal grandmother Arbena actually died in 1850 in Delaware Co., Indiana. (See the will of Arbena Doubt at the end of these notes.)

If the biography was wrong about Jonathan’s sister and sister-in-law and was also wrong about where his maternal grandmother had died, it may not be entirely accurate about the name and history of Jonathan’s paternal grandfather, who was apparently dead before Jonathan was born.

I have searched for George Dipboye (and all variants of the name) in the Pennsylvania State Archives Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, online at: <http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=13> It does not include information about George Dipboye’s service in the War. The caveat here: this database is fairly extensive, but certainly incomplete.

I also was not able to confirm that George Dipboye was on the 1790 or 1800 censuses anywhere in Pennsylvania. I looked at all men listed as either George or Geo. After further research, I excluded all except the following:

1790 > PENNSYLVANIA > BERKS > WINDSOR TWP Series: M637 Roll: 8 Page: 73 George Deobolt 133

1790 > PENNSYLVANIA > WASHINGTON > NO TWP LISTED Series: M637 Roll: 9 Page: 180 Geo Teaboe 113

There was a George Dubois on land records in Berks Co., Pennsylvania, in 1794. This is where the Virginia/Indiana Deboy and Depoy families came from, but I don’t know if the man in Berks Co. was George Dipboye: :

Warrantees of Land in the County of Berks, 1752-1890 Dubois, George 400 Aug. 11, 1794 [Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume 26. Provincial Papers: Warrantees of Land in the Several Counties of the State of Pennsylvania. 1730-1898, edited by William Henry Egle, Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1899, pp. 254-257.]

George Dipboye supposedly died in New Market, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, about 1816, but I have not found any documentation that there ever was a George Dipboye in Virginia.

The first Dipboye I can actually document is Abraham. Abraham Dipboye, said to have been George’s son. Abraham was born in 11 October 1785 Pennsylvania and died 26 Dec 1835 Henry Co., Indiana, and is buried in the Middletown Pioneer Cemetery, Henry Co., Indiana. Abraham married Roseanna, b. 8 Jul 1792, Germany d. 16 Sep 1877, Delaware Co., Indiana, buried Painter Cemetery, Henry Co., Middletown Indiana. The birth and death dates come from Abraham and Rosanna’s grave stones, so the normal caveats on accuracy apply. Their birth places come from census data.

Rosanna’s parents are usually listed as George Goodyear and Arbena Summers, both born in Germany. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the only “source” for this information is Portrait and biographical record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, Chicago, Biographical Pub. Co., 1893, page 705 (transcribed below). As pointed out above, this family history is somewhat unreliable.

We do know that Rosanna’s mother was the widow Arbena Doubt because Arbena wrote a Delaware Co., Indiana, will in 1846 naming Rosanna Dipboye as her daughter. Judging from the will, Rosanna was Arbena’s only child to survive to have children. (See a transcription of Arbena’s will at the end of these notes.)

Children of Abraham and Rosanna Dipboye, named in Arbena Doubt’s will, more information about them in a separate file:

1. George Michael DIPBOYE, b. 7 Aug 1808, <Carlisle, Cumberland Co., >  Pennsylvania, d.  1 Nov 1890  Delaware Co., Indiana.  

2. Abraham DIPBOYE, b. 1 Apr 1811/1813, <Carlisle, Cumberland Co., > Pennsylvania, 1 Apr 1811  or 1813 Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa, d.  Jun. 29, 1883 Henry County, Indiana, buried  Miller Cemetery, Middletown, Henry County, Indiana.  

3. Margaret DIPBOYE, b. 17 December 1813, Pennsylvania, d. after 1880, Indiana.  She married Sidney Graves 7 Oct 1830, Henry Co, Indiana.

4. Joseph DIPBOYE, b. 31 Oct 1816, Virginia, d. 17 Aug 1868, Fall Creek Township, Henry County,  Indiana, buried Whetstone Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana.

5. Jonathan DIPBOYE, b. 13 Sep 1819, New Market, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, d. May 15, 1904 Madison Co., Indiana, buried in Music Cemetery, Van Buren Twp, Madison Co Indiana.

6. Arbena Catherine DIPBOYE, b. 17 Sep 1823 New Market, Shenandoah Co., Virginia,  d. 11 April 1906,  Daleville, Delaware Co., Indiana, buried  Otterbein Cemetery,  Chesterfield, Indiana.  Married 1st. Joanan Hurley  21 Feb 1838 , Delaware Co., Indiana; married  2nd Granville ELLISON  Abt 1877,  Delaware Co. , Indiana. 

7. Elizabeth DIPBOYE, b. 8 Mar 1825, New Market, Shenandoah Co., Virginia, d. after 1910. Married Thomas Anderson Johnson  4 Jun 1840, Delaware Co., Indiana.

8. Amanda Cyrena DIPBOYE, b. 5 Feb 1828 Shenandoah or Rockingham Co.,  Virginia, d. 8 Aug 1911, Indiana.  Married Daniel Noland  31 Aug 1845, Delaware Co., Indiana. 

9. Daniel DIPBOYE, b. 15 Jun 1832  Rockingham Co., Virginia, d. Oct 1853 Indiana.  

Judging from the birth states of his children, Abraham was still in Pennsylvania as late as 1813, when his daughter Margaret was born. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find him on the 1810 census, at least not under any variant of his name than I can come up with.

Abraham was apparently in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, by October 1816, when his son Joseph was born. New Market is near the Shenandoah/Rockingham County line. Abraham was on the 1820 census in Shenandoah Co., and on the 1830 census in Rockingham Co., Virginia.

1820 > VIRGINIA > SHENANDOAH > NEW MARKET Series: M33 Roll: 138 Page: 150 Abraham Deboy 3 1 0 0 1 // 1 0 0 1 [3m under 10 (Abraham Jr., Joseph, Jonathan), 1m 10-15 (George), 1m. 26-44 (Abraham), 1f under 10 (Margaret), 1f 26-44 (Rosanna)]

[Alphabetic listing, not geographic] 1830 > VIRGINIA > ROCKINGHAM > NO TWP LISTED Series: M19 Roll: 199 Page: 206 Abraham Deppo 0211001//210101 [2m 2-9 (Joseph, Jonathan), 1m 10-14 (Abraham Jr.), 1m 15-19 (George), 1m 40-49 (Abraham); 2f under 5 (Elizabeth, Amanda), 1f 5-9 (Arbena), 1 f 15-19 (Margaret), 1f 30-39 (Rosanna)]

According to the following, Abraham moved to Henry Co., Indiana, by 1832:

History of Henry County, Indiana, G R Clark, Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co., 1884, page 578: Among those who settled in various parts of [Fall Creek Township] from 1824 t0 1832 were [among others] Abraham Devoye {sic}, Sr., Abraham Devoye [sic] Jr. . . ."

Abraham Sr. died 26 Dec 1835, in Henry Co., Indiana, and was buried in the Middletown Pioneer Cemetery Fall Creek Township, Henry Co., Indiana.

Middletown Pioneer Cemetery Fall Creek Township, Henry County, IN Dipboye, Abraham Sr. d. 26 Dec 1835 b. 11 Oct 1785 H of Anna Dipboye, John N. 8 May 1848 9y,9m, 28d S of A & A

Although I have not seen them, the probate records for Abraham Deboy are in Henry Co.:

Probate Court Records of Henry County, Indiana September 1822 - August 1839 As recorded in Book #2, Misc. Records. Name Cause Book Page #'s Deboy, Abraham Death B 269, 448 Deboy, Abraham Heirs B 437, 448

Probate Records Book "B" 1835 - 1839 Name Page #(s) Deboy, Abraham 42, 261, 276

Probate Records Book "C" 1836 - 1844 Name Cause Pages Deboy, Abraham 93

Probate Hearing Book 1830 - 1861 Depboye, Abraham Book 1 pages 4, 50

Rosanna was a widow on the 1840 census living next door to her mother in Delaware Co. and near her sons and at least one son-in-law:

1840 > INDIANA Series: M704 Roll: 78 Page 269a Depboy, Abraham 10001//01001 [son] Page 270a Joanah Hurley 00001//1001 [son-in-law, m. Arbena Dipboye] [five houses away] Depoy, Jonathan 00001//1001 [son] [one house away] Depoy, Rosana 01001//0010001 [1m 5-9 (Daniel), 1m 20-29 (Joseph); 1f 10-14 (Amanda), 1f 40-49 (Rosanna, widow of Abraham)]

[next house]

Rosana Doubt 1f 60-69 [Rosanna’s mother] [one house away] Depoy, Michael 001001//000001 [son George Michael] I do not know where Rosanna was for the 1850 census, but she married Lewis Summers on 22 Sep 1853 in Delaware Co., Indiana. Delaware County, Indiana, Marriage Records Depboye Rosanah Lewis Summers - Sept 22 1853 Book C-3 page 45 Lewis was on the 1850 census living with Rosanna’s son Joseph: 1850 > INDIANA > HENRY > FALL CRK TWP Series: M432 Roll: 151 Page: 316 Joseph Dipboye 33 farmer 2200 Va Lucinda 28 Ohio Elizabeth 8 Ind school Margaret 6 Ind school Arbella 4 Ind Lewis Summers 50 farmer 2500 VA

Lewis and Rosanna were on the 1860 census together:

1860 > INDIANA > HENRY > MIDDLETOWN & FALL CRK TWP Series: M653 Roll: 266 Page: 367 Lewis Summers 60 farmer 1200/250 Virginia Rosanna 68 Germany

Rosanna died 16 Sep 1877, Delaware Co., Indiana, and is buried as Rosannah Dipboye, in the Painter Cemetery, Henry Co., Middletown Indiana.

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From Portrait And Biographical Record of Hamilton and Madison Counties Indiana; Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co. 1893, page 705, with my comments in brackets:

"Abraham Dipboye first saw the light of day in Carlisle, Pa, abt 1787, and there grew to manhood.[No proof that Abraham was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.] He married Rose Anna Goodyear, a native of Germany who came with her parents, George and Arbena (Summers) Goodyear [no independent proof of her parent’s names], to Pennsylvania when but a girl. In that state her parents passed the remainder of their days." [Arbena actually died in Delaware Co., Indiana.]

"After his marriage Abraham Dipboye resided in Pennsylvania until after the birth of three children, and moved to New Market, Virginia about 1813. From there he moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1835, and located on a farm in Fall Creek Twp, where he died about one year later. [Abraham probably was in Henry Co. by 1832 and died in 1835.] He was a plasterer by occupation and followed that trade until his death. He was a well educated man and quite a linguist, speaking English, high and low German, and French with fluency. Studious and well posted, he was a brilliant conversationalist, and a man well posted on the current topics of the day. He was especially fond of history, and had a wonderful memory. A worthy member of the Christian Church, he was recognized as a consistent Christian man. In politics he was a Whig. By attending carefully to business he became quite wealthy, and passed his closing days in peace and comfort. His wife died in Henry County, Ind., about 1873."

"The parents of our subject were married in 1808, and nine children were given them. George M., deceased, was a plasterer by trade, and died in Delaware County, Ind. while on a visit; Abraham, deceased, married Miss Mary Ann Impswiller [probably inaccurate.], and died in Middletown, Henry County, Ind; Joseph, deceased, married Miss Lucinda Summers; Daniel married Miss Eliza Cummings, and was killed while cleaning a well; Jonathan is our subject; Margaret is the widow of Sidney Grave; Mary R. was married to J. Hurley, and after his death to Granville Ellison; she now resides in Delaware County. [Mary R. was actually Arbena Catherine.] Elizabeth, the widow of Andrew [Anderson] Johnson, resides in Delaware County; and Serena married Daniel Noland, and resides near Chesterfield."

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This was a fight over the distribution of Arbena Doubt’s estate involving the widow and daughter of Daniel Dipboye against the other heirs. The court documents contain a copy of Arbena’s will naming her daughter and Dipboye grandchildren. They also contain other information about the family:

The following Delaware County, Indiana, Circuit Court documents are found at the: Delaware County Indiana Court Document Database, online at: http://www.munpl.org/default.asp?PageIndex=800 >

State of Indiana, County of Delaware Delaware Circuit Court, Cause No. 2200 filed: 1879

Elizabeth Noland & Mary S Noland, plaintiffs

vs.

Margaret Graves Anna Dipboye Elizabeth J. McWilliams Serena C Dipboye Mary Murphy Araminta Davis George M Dipboye Joseph Dipboye Jonathan Dipboye Elizabeth Johnson Arbena Hurley & Sarena Noland, defendants

Last Will and Testament of Arbena Doubt

I, Arbena Doubt, of Delaware County in the State of Indiana, do make this and publish it as being my last will and testament; first I direct that my body be decently interred and that my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with any estate and situation in life, and as to such worldly estate as it has pleased God to entrust me with I dispose of the same in the following manner, to wit: I direct first that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as possible out of the first moneys that shall come to the hands of any executors from any portion of my estate real or personal. I also direct that a fair valuation or appraisement be made by three judicious neighbors of all my said estate including my household furniture. I also direct that all my personal estate be sold at public auction for ready money on a credit not exceeding twelve months and that all the real estate of which I shall die seized, or possesses, shall be sold by my executors for its reasonable value for cash or on such credit and the amount thereof secured in such manner as is usual in like cases to insure the full and natural payment thereof and to effect this my intention I hereby vest any executors with full power and authority to dispose of my real estate in fee simple, or for a term of years, or otherwise in as full and complete a manner in every respect as I could myself do if living, except the two following described tracts of land, to wit: first, the home place on which I now reside. I direct in the following manner to wit: I bequeath said home place to my daughter Rosan Dipboye to have and to hold said tract during her life and after her death said tract of land is to be disposed of in the same manner as the other real estate is directed. Second I bequeath the following described piece of land to my grandson Daniel Dipboye, to wit: being the north of the south west quarter of section no. 25 town 19 N. of R no. 8, East, containing 80 acres more or less also the Sou E 2 of S.W. quarter of sec 25 T19 N. of R. no 8 E, containing 40 acres more or less & also one hundred fifty dollars in cash. Further I direct that my grand children all receive a share alike of all my estate both real & personal namely George M Dipboye, Abraham Dipboye, Margaret Graves, Joseph Dipboye, Jonathan Dipboye, Arbena Hurley, Elizabeth Johnson, Sarena Noland, Daniel Dipboye and also after the death of my daughter the proceeds of the home farm to be equally divided amongst my above named grand children and I hereby make and ordain my grand son Abrahan Dipboye & Sydney Graves executors of this my last will & testament . In witness whereof I Arbena Doubt the testatrix have here unto set my hand and seal, this 28th twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six. (Signed) with her mark Arbena Doubt 28 Sep 1846

... Arbena Doubt died 1850 ...

Page 4:

(will probated Jul 12 1850)

... That afterward, to-wit: on the 20th day of February, 1852, the said George M Dipboye and Catherine Dipboye, his wife, Joseph Dipboye and Lucinda Dipboye, his wife, Jonathan Dipboye and Ellen Dipboye, his wife, Elizabeth Johnson and Anderson Johnson, her husband, Arbena Hurley and Joannan Hurley, her husband, and Sarena Noland and Daniel Noland, her husband, by deed of quit claim and release conveyed to the said Daniel Dipboye six undivided ninths parts of all the real estate first in this paragraph described, ...

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... Rosanna Dipboye, the mother of these defendants ...

Page 10: ... About the 16th day of September 1877 said Rossanne the mother these defendants departed this life ...

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... On the 4th day of October 1853 and about 3 days after said Daniel became of age but before he delivered to the defendant said deed

Page 20 (continuation):

and the payment to him of the said $150.00 said Daniel was accidentally killed in a well ...

... at the time of his death he was living on said 183 76/100 acre tract with his mother Rosan Dipboye under her life interest ????? upon said land that at the time of his death he left of his widow and ???? Elizabeth Dipboye who after said death of said Daniel had born to her a daughter the first of said marriage whome she named Mary Depboye both of whom are plaintiffs ...

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... That on the 4th day of October, in the year 1853, the said Daniel Dipboye, one of the grand children of said testatrix named in her will, and to whom said conveyance last hereinbefore named was made, died at the county of Delaware aforesaid, intestate, leaving as his only heirs at law his widow, Elizabeth Dipboye, now Elizabeth Noland, and Mary S. Dipboye, now Mary S. Noland, his only child, the plaintiffs in this action. That said Rosanna Dipboye, known and designated in said will as Rosan Dipboye, the daughter of said testatrix, died at said county of Delaware on the 16th day of September, in the year 1877. ...

... and are tenants in common thereof with the said Margaret Graves, owning one ninth thereof , and the said Anna Dipboye, Elizabeth J. McWilliams, Serena C. Dipboye, Eliza A Yount, Emma Dipboye, Mary Murphy and Araminta Davis, who jointly own one ninth thereof in fee, in shares and proportions ...

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October 1878 ... Comes now Anna Dipboye one of the defendants in above entitled cause and for answer says that by the terms of the will of her late husband Abraham Dipboye she has no interest whatever in the real estate in said petition described. ...

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... Margaret Graves, Henry County ...

1. ↑ Henry Co., Indiana Census, 1860. (#FTM CD 304).