Residents of the Settlement of Plum Hollow, Fremont County, Iowa

Residents

Since the Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys, and Studys are so interrelated, it is difficult to separate the exact settlements where the families were living.

U. S. 1850 Census District 64, Nodaway, Missouri

Dwelling #200
Abraham Fletcher (age 50) (farmer) (Virginia) (born 1800)
Rebecca Fletcher (age 48) (Tennessee) (Rebecca Crouch Fletcher) (born 1801)
David Fletcher (age 17) (Indiana) (David W. Fletcher) (born 1832)
James Fletcher (age 15) (Indiana) (James Garfield Fletcher) (born 1837)
Hiram Fletcher (age 6) (Missouri) (born 1842) (died in 1863 in Civil War)

Other family members not mentioned
Elizabeth Fletcher (born 1838)
Thomas H. Fletcher (born 1839)
John G. Fletcher (born 1841)
Rhoda Fletcher (born 1845)

The family stayed in Plum Hollow and were instrumental in revitalizing it.

U. S. 1850 Census Fremont County, Iowa

Dwelling #119
John E. Well (age 27) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (John Martin Ewell) (born 1823)
Elizabeth Well (age 27) (Ohio) (Elizabeth Study Ewell) (born 1824) (daughter of John Study and Barbara Benner, Dwelling #115)
Lucinda Well (age 7) (Illinois) (Lucinda Ewell) (born 1843)
John Well (age 5) (Illinois) (John Martin Ewell, Jr.) (born 1845)
Mary Well (age 1) (Iowa) (Mary Elizabeth Ewell) (born 1848)
David Well (age 1 month) (Iowa) (David Ewell) (born 1850)

Other family members not listed
Barbara Ann Ewell (born 1852) (died 1852)
Sarah Jane Ewell (born 1853)
Leonard Ewell (born 1855)

John served as a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion. After being discharged in California, he returned to Iowa and settled in Fremont County, Iowa.

Thomas M. Ewell (age 31) (farmer) (Virginia) (Thomas Maxey Ewell) (born 1819) (brother of John Martin Ewell) (son of Pleasant Ewell and Barbara Fauber)


Dwelling #120
Henry Ettleman (age 50) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (born 1798)
Christena Ettleman (age 47) (Pennsylvania) (Christena Clapper Ettleman) (born 1802) (daughter of Philip Ettleman and Catherine Clapper, Dwelling #121)
Marion Ettleman (age 12) (Missouri) (Mary Ann Ettleman) (born 1831) (married Daniel Study)

Other family members not listed
Eli Ettleman (born 1825)
Samuel Ettleman (born 1826)
Catherine Ettleman (born 1835)
Moroni Hiram Ettleman (born 1838)
Henry Jacob Ettleman (born 1841)

Henry was Company Captain of the 1853 Ettleman Company that arrived in the Salt Lake valley on October 1, 1853. The following were part of that Company:
Christena Clapper Ettleman
Christian Clapper
Elisabeth Clapper Hendrickson
George Ettleman
Henry Clapper
Joseph Clapper
Lucy Ann Clapper
Margaret Smith Clapper Ettleman
Mary Ann Clapper Hitchcock
Mary Ellen Clapper
Mary Ellen Ettleman
Moroni Hiram Ettleman
Sarah Ann Ettleman Clapper
Susan Ettleman
Susann Clapper Davis


Dwelling #121
Philip Ettleman (age 59) (carpenter) (Pennsylvania) (born 1791) (brother of Henry Ettleman Dwelling #120)
Catharine Ettleman (age 54) (Maryland) (Catharine Clapper Ettleman) (born 1796) (sister of Christena Clapper Ettleman, Dwelling #120 and Elizabeth Clapper, Dwelling #114 )

Other family members not listed
Susan Ettleman (born 1815) (married Henry Benner)
Mary Ettleman (born 1818)
Clara Ann Ettleman (born 1819)
Elizabeth Ettleman (born 1819)
Christina Ettleman (born 1822) (married John Huston Dwelling #116)

Came west with the Joel Edmunds Company in 1852.


Dwelling #122
Samuel Ettleman (age 23) (farmer) (Ohio) (born 1826)
Susan Ettleman (age 23) (Ohio) (Susan Forney Ettleman) (born 1826) (daughter of Johann Karl Forney and Mary Margaret Benner Study, Dwelling #117)
William Ettleman (age 1) (Iowa) (William Henry Ettleman) (born 1848)

Other family members not listed
George Washington Ettleman (born 1851)
Mary Ann Ettleman (born 1851)
David Maroni Ettleman (born 1855)

The family did not go west.


Dwelling #123
Henry Benner (age 51) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (born 1800)
Susan Benner (age 35) (Ohio) (Susan Ettleman Benner) (daughter of Philip Ettleman and Catherine Clapper, Dwelling #121)
Catherine Benner (age 18) (Ohio) (born 1826) (daughter of Henry Benner and Sophia Underwood)
Samuel Benner (age 12) (Missouri) (born 1836)
Philip Benner (age 10) (Illinois) (born 1839)
Elizabeth Benner (age 6) (Illinois) (born 1844)
Clara Ann Benner (age 6) (Illinois) (born 1844)
George Benner (age 1) (Iowa) (George Franklin Benner) (born 1849)

Other family members not listed
Sophia Underwood Benner (born 1803) (died 1833)
Mary Ann Benner (born 1842)
Francis M. Benner (born 1852)
Linda Emaline Benner (born 1855)

The family did not come west.

Possible Births

Name	Father	Mother	Birth Date
Barbara Ann Ewell	John Martin Ewell	Elizabeth Study	1 Feb 1852
Sarah Jane Ewell	John Martin Ewell	Elizabeth Study	6 Jun 1853
Leonard Ewell	John Martin Ewell	Elizabeth Study	29 Oct 1855