DONHAM Family History by Scott T.S. Trimble
printed book © August 1995 /// online version © August 2000

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
JOHN PRESTON RECTOR & CATHERINE PRICE

John Preston RECTOR, father of Enoch Mabury RECTOR, was born 2 March 1794 in Giles County, VA, the son of George RECTOR and Nancy Ann ATKINS. On 2 December 1813 in Miami County, OH, he married Catherine PRICE.65 She was born 10 October 1798 in Montgomery County, VA, the daughter of John PRICE and Elizabeth MAYBERRY. John RECTOR died 22 April 1871 in Clay County, IN. Catherine (PRICE) RECTOR died 24 October 1876 in Clay County. Both are buried at Mewhinney Cemetery in Vigo County, IN.66 They had twelve children:

CHILDREN OF JOHN PRESTON RECTOR & CATHERINE PRICE
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1   NAME:   George RECTOR
    BORN:   28 Nov 1814          PLACE:  ,Knox,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    DIED:   18 Mar 1896/1897     PLACE:  Perry,Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Elizabeth J. VAN CLEVE
    MARR:   29 May 1838          PLACE:  ,,IN
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2   NAME:   John Price RECTOR
    BORN:    9 Dec 1816          PLACE:  Mt. Pleasant,Knox,IN
    DIED:   14 Aug 1877          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    BUR.:                        PLACE:  Oak Hill Cem,Clay,IN67
    SPOUSE: Martha J. GROSS
    MARR:   25 Jan 1849          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    SPOUSE: Anna VAN CLEVE
    MARR:   30 Nov 1838           
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3   NAME:   Nancy Ann RECTOR
    BORN:   19 Sep 1818          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    DIED:    6 May 1881          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Charles Prentice WYETH
    MARR:   22 Sep 1836           
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4   NAME:   William Henry Harrison RECTOR68
    BORN:   19 Aug 1820          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:   22 Dec 1892          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Martha FISK
    MARR:   16 Jan 1853           
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5   NAME:   Julia Ann RECTOR
    BORN:   16 Aug 1822          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:   18 Mar 1874          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    SPOUSE: William TURNER
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6   NAME:   Emily Jane RECTOR
    BORN:   12 Jun 1824          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    SPOUSE: William KOILE
    MARR:   17 Aug 1864          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
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7   NAME:   Enoch Mabury RECTOR
    BORN:    4 Jun 1828          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:    4 Jul 1905          PLACE:  Perry Twp,Clay,IN
    BUR.:                        PLACE:  Oak Hill Cem,Vigo/Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Elizabeth DONHAM
    MARR:    1 Dec 1854          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
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8   NAME:   Wharton Bolivar RECTOR
    BORN:   30 Jun 1830          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:   30 Oct 1833          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
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9   NAME:   James Monroe RECTOR
    BORN:   12 Aug 1832          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:    3 Oct 1838          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
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10  NAME:   Nelson R. E. RECTOR
    BORN:   25 Dec 1834          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:   27 Mar 1853          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
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11  NAME:   Albert Van Buren RECTOR
    BORN:   23 Dec 1836          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:   15 Sep 1914          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Martha E. BELL
    MARR:    6 Dec 1866          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Emily Jane KILMER
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12  NAME:   Charles Prentice RECTOR
    BORN:   10 Feb 1840          PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    CHR.:                        PLACE:  ,Vigo,IN
    DIED:   12 Nov 1923          PLACE:  Perry,Clay,IN
    SPOUSE: Margaret Anne "Annie" REDIFER
    MARR:   26 Jan 1865          PLACE:  ,Clay,IN
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DESCENDENTS OF JOHN PRESTON RECTOR & CATHERINE PRICE
THREE GENERATIONS, EXCLUDING THE DESCENDENTS OF
ENOCH MABURY RECTOR & ELIZABETH DONHAM

 1 - John Preston RECTOR,  BORN:  2 Mar 1794 Giles County, VA
       DIED: 22 Apr 1871 Clay County, IN
       BUR.: Mewhinney Cem, Vigo County, IN
 sp- Catherine PRICE,  BORN: 10 Oct 1798 Montgomery County, VA
       MARR:  2 Dec 1813 Miami County, OH
       DIED: 24 Oct 1876 Clay County, IN
       BUR.: Mewhinney Cem, Vigo County, IN
     2 - George RECTOR,  BORN: 28 Nov 1814 Knox County, IN
           DIED: 18 Mar 1896/1897 Perry, Clay County, IN
     sp- Elizabeth J. VAN CLEVE,  BORN:  7 Mar 1820 Orange County, IN
           MARR: 29 May 1838 IN
           DIED: 27 Nov 1892
           Dau of Benjamin VAN CLEVE & Sarah KEARNS
         3 - Benjamin V. RECTOR
         sp- Elizabeth SHATTUCK
         3 - Catherine M. RECTOR
         sp- John HOLMES
         3 - Mathew Simpson "Boss" RECTOR
         sp- Arletta BRILL
         3 - Elijah O. "Lige" RECTOR
         sp- Hattie MEWHINNEY
         3 - Wesley Jackson RECTOR,  BORN: 1847 
               DIED: 1930 
         sp- Nancy Caroline JEFFERS,  BORN: 1851 
               MARR: 1870 
               DIED: 1906 
               Dau of Elmoth JEFFERS & Sarah O'BRIEN
         3 - James Albert RECTOR
         sp- Melissa SHUMARD
         3 - Margaret J. "Maggie" RECTOR
         sp- Webster LUCAS
         3 - Frederick RECTOR,  BORN: 1865 
               DIED: 1865 
     2 - John Price RECTOR,  BORN:  9 Dec 1816 Mt. Pleasant, Knox County, IN
           DIED: 14 Aug 1877 Clay County, IN
           BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Clay County, IN
     sp- Martha J. GROSS,  BORN: 19 Jun 1826 OH
           MARR: 25 Jan 1849 Vigo County, IN
           DIED:  6 Oct 1877 Perry Twp, Clay County, IN
         3 - Joseph Lane RECTOR,  BORN: 12 Nov 1849 Perry Twp, Clay County, IN
               DIED:  6 Mar 1881 Brazil, Clay County, IN
               BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Vigo County, IN
         sp- Nancy Jane PITTENGER,  BORN: 12 Feb 1853 Carroll County, OH
               MARR: 12 Feb 1872 Clay County, IN
               DIED:  4 Sep 1922 Brazil, Clay County, IN
               BUR.: Cottage Hill Cem, Clay County, IN
         3 - John M. RECTOR,  BORN: 15 Mar 1851
               DIED:  8 Mar 1911 Clay County, IN
         sp- Emily J. MILLER
         3 - George N. RECTOR,  BORN: 1854
         sp- Anna STICKLES
               MARR:  2 Dec 1877
         3 - Florence RECTOR
         3 - Amanda A. RECTOR,  BORN: Dec 1856
               DIED: Sep 1876
         sp- Emmett COLLINS
               Son of  COLLINS
         3 - Mary C. RECTOR,  BORN: 1858
               DIED: 1924 
         sp- Cornelius WHALLON
               Son of Thomas WHALLON & Elizabeth Caroline MODESITT
         3 - Catherine RECTOR,  BORN: 1860
               DIED: 1924 
         sp- Wallace "Wal" COLLINS
               Son of  COLLINS
         3 - Laura RECTOR
         sp- Ovid LAWRENCE
     sp- Anna VAN CLEVE,  BORN: KY
           MARR: 30 Nov 1838 
           DIED:  9 Dec 1847 
           Dau of Benjamin VAN CLEVE & Sarah KEARNS
         3 - Charles Galen RECTOR,  BORN:  2 Oct 1839 Vigo County, IN
               DIED:  7 Jan 1915 Perry Twp, Clay County, IN
               BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Clay County, IN
         sp- Delilah BOOR
               MARR:  8 Feb 1866 
               Dau of John Albin BOOR & Sarah MILLER
         sp- Phoebe Ann DICKSON,  BORN: Mar 1847 OH
               MARR: 12 May 1896 Clay County, IN
               DIED:  1 Mar 1915 
               BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Vigo County, IN
         3 - Louis RECTOR
         3 - Sarah Elizabeth RECTOR,  BORN:  8 Oct 1842 Clay, IN
               DIED:  9 Dec 1915 Monmouth, KS
         sp- Elijah M. BOOR,  BORN: 15 Jan 1836 Summerset, PA
               MARR: 18 Oct 1860 Clay County, IN
               DIED: 30 Nov 1919 Monmouth, KS
               Son of John Albin BOOR & Sarah MILLER
         3 - James K. RECTOR,  BORN: 16 Nov 1844 Perry Twp, Clay County, IN
               DIED: 23 May 1886 Atchison County, KS
         sp- Phoebe Ann DICKSON,  BORN: Mar 1847 OH
               DIED:  1 Mar 1915 
               BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Vigo County, IN
     2 - Nancy Ann RECTOR,  BORN: 19 Sep 1818 Vigo County, IN
           DIED:  6 May 1881 Clay, IN
     sp- Charles Prentice WYETH,  BORN: Vigo County, IN
           MARR: 22 Sep 1836 
         3 - John WYETH
         sp- Nettie CAMPBELL
         3 - Hannah WYETH
         sp- Austin COLLINS
         3 - Kate WYETH
         sp- Perry BENNETT
         3 - Julia WYETH
         sp-  HABBLERMEYER
         3 - Clara WYETH
         sp-  BROWN
     2 - William Henry Harrison RECTOR,  BORN: 19 Aug 1820 Vigo County, IN
           DIED: 22 Dec 1892 Clay, IN
     sp- Martha FISK,  BORN: 19 Jun 1826 
           MARR: 16 Jan 1853 
           DIED:  6 Aug 1890 
           Dau of David FISK
         3 - Cynthia Arminda RECTOR
         sp- E. J. GILLESPIE
         3 - Martha C. RECTOR
         3 - Alvida RECTOR
         sp- William SHUMARD
         3 - Nancy J. RECTOR
         3 - William Grant RECTOR,  BORN: 1864 
               DIED: 1931 
         sp- Lizzie STERLING
         3 - Oliver Worth RECTOR,  BORN: 1866 
               DIED: 1901 
         sp- Lydia BEENER
     2 - Julia Ann RECTOR,  BORN: 16 Aug 1822 Vigo County, IN
           DIED: 18 Mar 1874 Vigo, IN
     sp- William TURNER,  BORN: 24 Jul 1817 Butler County, OH
         3 - James TURNER
         3 - William H. TURNER
         sp- Mariah HARPER
         3 - Sarah TURNER
         3 - Martha TURNER
         3 - Jane TURNER
         3 - Nancy TURNER
         3 - John Rector TURNER,  BORN: 1846 
               DIED: 1913 
         sp- Margaret VAUGHN,  BORN: 1854 
               DIED: 1954 
         3 - Louisa TURNER
         3 - Albert TURNER
         3 - Mack TURNER
     2 - Emily Jane RECTOR,  BORN: 12 Jun 1824 Vigo County, IN
     sp- William KOILE
           MARR: 17 Aug 1864 Clay County, IN
         3 - John KOILE
         3 - Sheridan KOILE
         sp- Lydia BEENER
     2 - Enoch Mabury RECTOR,  BORN:  4 Jun 1828 Vigo County, IN
           DIED:  4 Jul 1905 Perry Twp, Clay County, IN
           BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Clay County, IN
     sp- Elizabeth DONHAM,  BORN:  1 May 1836 Clay County, IN
           MARR:  1 Dec 1854 Clay County, IN
           DIED: 10 Feb 1909 IN
           BUR.: Oak Hill Cem, Cory County, IN
           Dau of Abel DONHAM Jr. & Matilda REECE
     2 - Wharton Bolivar RECTOR,  BORN: 30 Jun 1830 Vigo County, IN
           DIED: 30 Oct 1833 Vigo, IN
     2 - James Monroe RECTOR,  BORN: 12 Aug 1832 Vigo County, IN
           DIED:  3 Oct 1838 Vigo, IN
     2 - Nelson R. E. RECTOR,  BORN: 25 Dec 1834 Vigo County, IN
           DIED: 27 Mar 1853 Vigo, IN
     2 - Albert Van Buren RECTOR,  BORN: 23 Dec 1836 Vigo County, IN
           DIED: 15 Sep 1914 Clay County, IN
     sp- Martha E. BELL
           MARR:  6 Dec 1866 Clay County, IN
     sp- Emily Jane KILMER
         3 - Harry RECTOR
         sp- Ora ROBERTS
               Dau of Alonzo ROBERTS
         sp- Iva HANEY
         3 - Frank RECTOR
         sp- Floy Brill
     2 - Charles Prentice RECTOR,  BORN: 10 Feb 1840 Vigo County, IN
           DIED: 12 Nov 1923 Perry, Clay County, IN
     sp- Margaret Anne "Annie" REDIFER,  BORN: 29 Aug 1844
           MARR: 26 Jan 1865 Clay County, IN
           DIED: 29 Aug 1925 
           Dau of Charles Lewis REDIFER & Eliza GREGORY
         3 - Louisa B. RECTOR,  BORN: 1866
               DIED: 1867 
         3 - (female) RECTOR
         3 - Louis RECTOR,  BORN: 1868 
         sp- Della BAKER
         3 - John RECTOR,  BORN: 1870 
         sp- Della NEES
               Dau of Thomas Newton NEES & Mary Ann WILSON
         3 - Lloyd RECTOR,  BORN: 1872 
               DIED: 1934 Cory, Clay County, IN
         sp- Flora DONHAM
               MARR: Abt 1915 
               Dau of Sinclair DONHAM & Effie STAGGS
         3 - Otto RECTOR,  BORN: 1875
         sp- Celia WICKIZER
         3 - James Frederick RECTOR,  BORN:  2 Apr 1877
               DIED:  5 Feb 1967 
         sp- Nellie Nendariah MODESITT,  BORN:  4 Oct 1881
               MARR: 1904 
               DIED:  6 Jun 1968 
         3 - Nora RECTOR,  BORN: 1880 
         sp- Cary ROBERTS
         3 - (female) RECTOR
         3 - Thomas RECTOR,  BORN: 1885 
               DIED: 1958 
         sp- Gertrude CLARK

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