(By Contributor 50792601): Besides the four siblings listed below, my family records state that Jarrett had a brother, John A., born on 10 Aug 1854 and passed away as an infant. There was a cholera outbreak in Pike County at the time, yet it cannot be confirmed that was the cause of his death; however, this outbreak is what convinced Jarrett's father, Thomas, to move his family to the farm in Dubois County, Indiana. It is only assumed that John rests in an unmarked grave at the Stilwell Cemetery. Jarrett's sister, Sarah, was born on 9 Feb 1856, and was documented in the family Bible. Her death has been researched to be Jul 1863, and it is inferred that she was also laid to rest in the Stilwell Cemetery, but no grave marker remains.
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In a letter from my father, Robert Alan Stilwell (Memorial ID: 194248022) to his niece dated January 19, 2006 I quote: "...The other son, Jarrett, was my grandfather who died when I was 7 years old. Jarrett married Sarah (Sallie) Corn and we lived across the road from them on the old farmstead. I loved my grandfather very much and he was considered a very fine gentleman. My grandmother was very opinionated, sharp tongued, and selfish. Jarrett and Sarah had 5 children, none of which married except my father, Thomas (Andrew.)" / "The oldest of their children was Nancy, who became a school teacher immediately after graduation from 8th grade; then a short term at Indiana State Normal (Now Indiana State University at Terre Haute, Indiana). ...She taught in and around the Duff/Huntingburg area until after World War I when she went to Oklahoma and settled in Tulsa, where she lived until 1951 when she died. She died about 2 years after retiring from teaching in Tulsa." / "Curtis, the second child, stayed on and around the old farm and made his home with his father and mother. Curtis was mentally handicapped, but was able to perform farm work at home and hired out to neighbors. He died suddenly in 1939 from a ruptured appendix." / "Mary, the third child, lived with her parents for many years and later was offered a job with the County Welfare Department. She was employed at that job until her retirement." / "Clara was the fourth child. She too became a school teacher, and I think she studied nursing after World War I and, as you know, retired from that job." / "Thomas, the fifth and youngest, was married to Augusta Kruger in 1914. Immediately after marriage they rented a farmhouse adjacent to The Stilwell farm. They lived there approximately 2 years. When Thomas' grandfather {Thomas} died (his grandmother {Nancy} had died several years earlier), Thomas and Gusta moved to the grandfather's old house across the road from Jarrett's home. Shortly thereafter, they built a small frame house to replace the old log house that the grandfather lived in. I should have noted that the grandfather and deaf mute daughter {Mary (Polly)} lived in the log house after Great-Grandmother died. The daughter died almost immediately after her father. I think that was 1916."
(By Contributor 50792601): Besides the four siblings listed below, my family records state that Jarrett had a brother, John A., born on 10 Aug 1854 and passed away as an infant. There was a cholera outbreak in Pike County at the time, yet it cannot be confirmed that was the cause of his death; however, this outbreak is what convinced Jarrett's father, Thomas, to move his family to the farm in Dubois County, Indiana. It is only assumed that John rests in an unmarked grave at the Stilwell Cemetery. Jarrett's sister, Sarah, was born on 9 Feb 1856, and was documented in the family Bible. Her death has been researched to be Jul 1863, and it is inferred that she was also laid to rest in the Stilwell Cemetery, but no grave marker remains.
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In a letter from my father, Robert Alan Stilwell (Memorial ID: 194248022) to his niece dated January 19, 2006 I quote: "...The other son, Jarrett, was my grandfather who died when I was 7 years old. Jarrett married Sarah (Sallie) Corn and we lived across the road from them on the old farmstead. I loved my grandfather very much and he was considered a very fine gentleman. My grandmother was very opinionated, sharp tongued, and selfish. Jarrett and Sarah had 5 children, none of which married except my father, Thomas (Andrew.)" / "The oldest of their children was Nancy, who became a school teacher immediately after graduation from 8th grade; then a short term at Indiana State Normal (Now Indiana State University at Terre Haute, Indiana). ...She taught in and around the Duff/Huntingburg area until after World War I when she went to Oklahoma and settled in Tulsa, where she lived until 1951 when she died. She died about 2 years after retiring from teaching in Tulsa." / "Curtis, the second child, stayed on and around the old farm and made his home with his father and mother. Curtis was mentally handicapped, but was able to perform farm work at home and hired out to neighbors. He died suddenly in 1939 from a ruptured appendix." / "Mary, the third child, lived with her parents for many years and later was offered a job with the County Welfare Department. She was employed at that job until her retirement." / "Clara was the fourth child. She too became a school teacher, and I think she studied nursing after World War I and, as you know, retired from that job." / "Thomas, the fifth and youngest, was married to Augusta Kruger in 1914. Immediately after marriage they rented a farmhouse adjacent to The Stilwell farm. They lived there approximately 2 years. When Thomas' grandfather {Thomas} died (his grandmother {Nancy} had died several years earlier), Thomas and Gusta moved to the grandfather's old house across the road from Jarrett's home. Shortly thereafter, they built a small frame house to replace the old log house that the grandfather lived in. I should have noted that the grandfather and deaf mute daughter {Mary (Polly)} lived in the log house after Great-Grandmother died. The daughter died almost immediately after her father. I think that was 1916."
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