b: White Co IN; d: Lukin twp-Law Co IL; s/of Delana Minnix (ca 1821 KY) & Martha Carpenter (1822 IN-ca 1857 Greene Co IN); m: 26 Aug 1877 Crawford Co IL Alice Woodall; res: 1860 Richland-Greene Co IN 1870 Greene Co IN 1900-10 Crawford Co IL; ch: Alva (10 Jul 1882 Crawford Co IL-11 Nov 1944 bur: Sumner Cem m: 28 Jan 1923 Law Co IL Rachel Murray) & Ella (24 Oct 1884 IL-18 Jan 1937 St Claire Co IL m: 1910 Frank Garner) & Flora Minnie (16 Feb 1890 IL-5 Jun 1936 bur: Sumner Cem m: Lewis)
