Father's Family- the Fallis family

I believe this was also written by Emma Belle, eldest daughter of Amos L.  and Mollie Hayden Fallis.  The other possibility is that it was written by Watt L. Fallis, he was the youngest son of Amos L and Lizzie Woodring (Mollie Hayden died in 1892).

For clarity, here's a recap of the Fallis Family after they came to Central Indiana.

Turner W Fallis and wife Hannah Thompson Fallis- settled east of Marion

      They had 2 children Amos L. and Mary

Amos L. Fallis married Mary Mollie Hayden

      They had 10 children- William, Emma Belle, Frank, Maude, Lillian, John Carl, Dillard, Kenneth,

       and Watt L.

Frank Turner Fallis married Blanche Trout-

       They had 4 children- Arthur, Agnes, Mark C. and Owen

Mark and Veree are our Great Grandparents

    

A Short Drive With Grandpa

Dad (Don) was able to go on a "Sunday Drive" with Grandpa (Val Jean) this week.  Dad wrote me this note to share with you all.

"These 2 photo’s are from a cemetery which is north and east of Wheeling, Indiana. The large rock was acquired by George Milhollin taking his horses down to the river and dragging it up from the river to serve as a tombstone marker for he and his wife. 

Dad, when he and Mother were first married, farmed the land around the cemetery. The owner of the land was George Milhollin and he also owned the Burgiss farm which was across the road from where Mother and Dad live. (also across road from Milspangh’s)
George Milhollin was the father of Ralph Milhollin who was a hunting and fishing buddy of Dad’s. Ralph was sort of iconic in our area as a hunter and fisherman. It was Ralph, Dad and myself, when I was about 7 or 8 years old, that gave me my first taste of Sassafras Tea. We were hunting on the land that Jan and I now own just south of Wheeling. Ralph smelled the scent of sassafras and went over and dug up some roots, shaved off some small pieces of the root and got some water, started a fire, and made sassafras tea. We call that 80 acres the Taylor Farm. Those sassafras trees are still alive today. 

The Olive Branch Cemetery was where Dad wanted to be buried. Mother talked him out of it by saying that none of us kids would ever come to the grave site, because we would never be able to find it.
When asked why he wanted to be buried here, he said,'When I farmed this land, Mother would always pack my lunch and at dinner I would take my fishing rod and go down to the river and catch yellow belly cat fish. I thought that, if I was buried here, that I could get up out of my grave and go down to the river and fish any time I wanted.” 

We had a great day driving around asking questions of Dad.
Dad’s school bus was light green with seats around the perimeter of the bus. The tail pipe ran inside the bus for heat. It was warm, so you had to watch and not put your shoes on the tail pipe for very long as to not burn your shoes.
Don Fallis"

 Thanks for sharing with us, Dad.  Everyone, I'd be happy to have your stories too!

A small glimpse into the Central Indiana Bairs

So here is a small rundown of the Bear/Bair family in central Indiana.  I was getting a little ahead of myself by not clearly checking all sources.  I haven't put dates down because there are descrepancies and I am still checking details. 

Peter Bear and Susannah (Burchell) Bear- married in Frederick County Virginia

·       Ezra Bear+ several more

Ezra Bear and Priscilla (French) Bear- married in Dearborn County, Indiana

·       Samuel Bear

·       John Bear

·       Peter Bear

·       Eliza Jane Bear

·       Lytle Bear

·       Ezra B Bear

·       Abigail Bear

John Bear and Martha (Mc Mahan) Bear

·       Irvin Emory Bear

·       Ida Bear

·       Jesse Bear

·       Carrie Mae Bear

·       Lilly Bear

·       Charles Herman Bair

·       Maude E Bear

·       Everett Earl Bear

·       Edith Bear

·       Sarah Leona* listed in Census as daughter in the household of John and Martha Bear and buried at Vinson Memorial Park under a headstone shared with her parents.

·       Emma B Bear* Listed as a daughter of John and Martha Bear in multiple census records

Irvin Emory Bair and Phoebe Jane (Allman) Bair

·       Virgil E Bear

·       Cletis Emory Bair

Cletis Emory Bair and Minnie Olive (Brake) Bair

·       Miriam (Bair) Mason

·       Mary Jane (Bair) Fallis

·       Thomas Bair

·       Phyllis (Bair) Collins

So many findings that I am going to have to get organizing!

Allman Family Photos

A special treat from Becky!

“I found these photos among my Mother’s things.  This is a picture of her grandmother (and the person whom your grandmother Jane was named after) and her family.

Don’t know the date it was taken but I would guess around 1880s of John Allman, his wife Leaner (Perry) Allman and their 10 children.  Mother marked her grandmother in group.

The names of the children are (not in order) Asbury, Phoebe Jane (our dad’s and my great-grandmother), Maggie, Edna, William, John, Cora, Lorenzo, Charles and Myrtle.

Then I am attaching a picture taken some years later...guessing in the late l930’s of the mother, Leaner, and her 10 children...all looking a bit older!!!

Phoebe Jane Allman (b. 7/30/1864 and d 7/24/1944)  married Irwin Emery Bair (b. 9/26/1864 and d. 11/20/1943) who had a son Cletis E. Bair (your grandmother’s dad) who married Minnie Olive Brake.  They were the parents of Miriam, Mary Jane,  Charles Thomas and Phyllis Ann.  

Thought you might enjoy having/seeing.  This should be a fun search!!!

My mother (Miriam) always told the story that her grandmother (Phoebe Jane Allman) told her that she loved Irwin Emory Bear but she didn’t want to marry anyone who had the same last name as a wild animal. There must have been something to that story, as my great-grandfather obviously changed the spelling of his name from Bear to Bair.  

Her grandfather on her father’s side was Irwin Emory Bair....but he was born as Irwin Emory Bear.  They lived in Summitville (Madison county) Indiana.  His parents were:  John Bear (b. 28 July 1836 and d. 2 Sept. 1901) and Martha McMahon (b 1844 and d 1903)

John and Martha Bear had  10 children -

• Edith Grace – b 1884 and d 1966
• Ida Ella – b 1867
• Jesse Colbert – b 1870 d 1908
• Lillie Ann – b 1874
• Elsie Maude – b 1880
• Irwin Emory – b 1867 – d. 1943
• Carrie Mae – b 1872 and d 1957
• Charles Sherman – b 1878 and d 1953
• Everett Earl – b 1883 and d 1943 

*John Bear’s parents were:  Ezra Bear (b 1814 and d 1878) and Pricicilla French (b 1816 and d 1872)

Interesting as I didn’t know much about that side of family.   Not that I know that much more now, but I will have a better starting point on researching it”- Becky

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What I found today

The oldest Bair to live in central Indiana wasn't actually a "Bair". Peter Bear settled in Madison County. He was a pioneer who came West with his son Ezra, Ezra's wife Priscilla, and their 7 children. Peter, Ezra and Priscilla are buried at Starr Cemetery in Alexandria with the last name Bear.  Peter was born March 3,1788 and died January 15, 1870.

The first Fallis in central Indiana was Turner W. Fallis.  Turner, his wife Hannah Thompson Fallis, their son Amos L Fallis, and at least two of Hannah's brothers came to Grant county in 1848 or 1949.  Turner died October 17, 1850 and is buried in McKinney/Lugar Creek cemetery.n Turner actually has 2 markers, the original and a larger one that shares the name of his wife Hannah who died in 1894. McKinney/Lugar Creek Cemetery is east of Marion.  http://www.ingenweb.org/ingrant/Cemeteries/Lugar/LUGam.html

July 1970

Mark and Veree Fallis Family 50th Anniversary

July 20, 1970

at the family home on  West County Road 950 N, Gaston Indiana

I actually have all of us identified on a list stored with this photo.  If you'd like a copy, let me know and I will email it.  In keeping with our privacy policy, I'm not posting it on here, but I am happy to share.  With the additional photos on the bottom, it's possible that this has the entirety of 4 generations of the Fallis Family 1903-1947.  Can anyone out there verify if that is the case?