Person:John Stoops (2)

"In the fall of 1833 [Philip Stoops] came with his parents to Indiana, locating in Marion County, where the father [John] purchased 160 acres of land, the timber on a considerable portion of which had been deadened but not cleared. Here he erected him a house and on this farm made his home the remainder of his days, dying in 1859. Prior to this he had succeeded in clearing about eighty acres of land and also found time to serve his country in the Black Hawk War. He was early in life a Whig and then became a Republican and as such continued to the last. While living in his native state, Kentucky, he united with the Presbyterian Church but upon his arrival in Indiana, as there was no church of his denomination in his immediate neighborhood, he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married thrice, first in Pennsylvania, to Nancy James, by whom he became the father of seven children: William, who married a Miss Graham and died leaving two children, McClellan and Susan; John; Philip; Betsey, who married Jacob Shearer and died leaving three children, John, George and Laban; Alexander, who married Elizabeth Rayburn and died leaving two children, Rufus, Nancy and Alice; Nancy (deceased), who married Andrew Shearer and became the mother of several children. For his second wife Mr. Stoops, Sr. took Rosanna Kephart and the following children were given them: Joseph (deceased); Polly, who married Nathan Davis; Samuel, Andrew, Ellen, who married Benjamin Springer; Sarah, who married Andrew Vansickle; Franklin, who died in the Federal service in 1863; Robert, who lives in Kansas, having served three years in an Indiana regiment during the war; Delilah, who married John Hanes, of Hancock County, Indiana; Martha who married Jeremiah Coffin, and Jacob. The father of these children died in 1855 at the age of sixty-three years, his birth having occurred in Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, William Stoops, was also a Pennsylvanian, born in 1750 and died in Kentucky about 1825, having been a soldier in the Revolution." {Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, Originally Published in 1893, by Goodspeed Brothers; <http://www.countyhistory.com/doc.marion/533.htm>}

 According to WorldConnect and IGI records, John and Nancy (George? James?) had William, John, Phillip, Elizabeth m. Jacob Shearer, Alexander, and Nancy m. Andrew Shearer.  John and Rosanna, married in 1827, had Joseph, 1828; Mary 'Polly', 1830-, m. Nathan Davis; Samuel 1831- ; Andrew J., 1833-; Ellen, 1834-1902 m. Benjamin Springer; Benjamin Franklin 1838-1863 died in Civil War; Robert W. 1839-1893 in Kansas; Delilah 1841-  m. John Hanes; Martha 1843- m. Jeremiah Coffin and Jacob 1844-.
 According to 'Descendants of Mary Ann Brown', John and Nancy James had children: Joseph M. 1829 m. Elizabeth Stoops; Mary Ann 1830 m. Nathaniel Davidson; Samuel A. 1831-1892 IL; Andrew J. 1833 m. Eliza J. Shearer; Ellenor 1834 m. Benjamin Springer; Sarah Jane 1836 m. Andrew Van Sickle; B. T. 1838; Robert 1839; Delilah 1841-1896; Martha 1843 m. Jeremiah Kauffman; and Jacob K. 1844 m. Sarah E. Wiley.  He married Rosanna in 1849.
 According to the Rott WorldConnect database, in the 1850 census for Warren, Marion Co., Indiana, John Stoops is 63 born Pennsylvania; Rosanna is 49 born Maryland; and the children are Joseph 22; Mary A. 20; Samuel 19; Andrew J. 17 -- all born in Kentucky; Sarah 14; BF 12; Robert 11; Dilila 9; Martha 7; Jacob 6 and Elenoir 16 -- all born in Indiana. {no page cited, 'Rott', by Cathy Nuzum, WorldConnect database, <www.rootsweb.com>, 9 Sept 2004}
 Rosanna Stoops and children are listed in the 1860 and 1870 census for Warren as well. (See wife for more info.)

1.   John Bowen. Bowen WorldConnect Database. (<wc.rootsweb.com>, 1 Oct 2003).