Residents of Studyville, Fremont County, Iowa

Since the Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys, and Studys are so interrelated, it is difficult to separate the exact settlements where the families were living. There is possibly an overlap with the Plum Hollow Settlement beginning with Dwelling #119.

1850 U. S. Census, District 22, Fremont County, Iowa

Dwelling #112
George Forney (age 29) (farmer) (Ohio) (born 1820)
Catherine Forney (age 29) (Ohio) (Catherine Study Forney) (born 1821) (daughter of Johann Karl Study and Barbara Benner, Dwelling #115)
Margaret Forney (age 9) (Illinois) (Margaret Emma Forney) (born 1841)
George Forney (age 5) (Iowa) (George Washington Forney) (born 1846)
Mary Ann Forney (age 1) (Iowa) (born 1848)

Other family members not list
John Forney (born 1843) (died 1843)
Henry Forney (born 1844) (died 1844)
Samuel Forney (born 1845) (died 1845)

This family stayed in Fremont County, Iowa.

Dwelling #113
Frederick Forney (age 35) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (born 1813)
Clara Ann Forney (age 24) (Ohio) (Clara Ann Ettleman Forney) (born 1819) (daughter of Philip Ettleman and Catherine Clapper, Dwelling #121)
John Forney (age 12) (Illinois) (born 1839)
Philip Forney (age 9) (Illinois) (Philip E. Forney) (born 1841)
Frederick Forney (age 7) (Iowa) (Frederick Forney, Jr.) (born 1849)

Other family members not listed
Hiram Forney (born 1838) (died 1846)

Frederick served as a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion. The family joined the Joel Edmunds Company in 1852 and traveled to the Salt Lake Valley. By the 1860 U. S. Census, the family had returned to Fremont County, Iowa.

Dwelling #114
Elizabeth Smith (age 55) (Maryland) (Elizabeth Clapper Smith) (born 1795) (sister of Catherine Clapper, Dwelling #121, and Christena Clapper, Dwelling #120)
William Smith (age 19) (farmer) (Ohio) (William F. Smith) (born 1831)

Other family members not listed
Jacob Smith (died in Stark County, Ohio before 1843. His widow, Elizabeth Clapper Smith, married Pleasant Walter Ewell)
Mary Smith (born 1815)
John Smith (born 1816)
George Smith (born 1818)
Margaret Smith (born 1820)
Jonathan Smith (born 1822)
Christopher Smith (born 1825)
Samuel Smith (born 1828)

Elizabeth did not go west.

Dwelling #115
Barbara Study (age 57) (Pennsylvania) (Barbara Benner Study) (born 1792)
Leonard Study (age 20) (farmer) (Ohio) (Leonard C. Study) (born 1829)
Mary Ann Study (age 15) (Ohio) (born 1835)

Other family members not listed
John Study (John Study) (born 1791) (died 1843)
Daniel Study (born 1830) (died 1850)

Barbara Benner Study was the mother of David Study in Dwelling #118 and Catherine in Dwelling #112. She died in 1873 and is buried in the Plum Hollow/Thurman Cemetery.

Dwelling #116
John Huston (age 34) (farmer) (Ohio) (born 1816)
Christina Huston (age 28) (Ohio) (Christena Ettleman Huston) (born 1822) (daughter of Philip Ettleman and Catherine Clapper, Dwelling #121)
Catharine Huston (age 8) (Illinois) (Catharine Huston) (born 1841)
John Huston (age 1) (Iowa) (John Huston, Jr.) (born 1848)

Other family members not listed
Lucy Ann Huston (born 1843) (died 1846)
Mary Huston (born 1843)
William Huston (born 1850)

John served as a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion. John joined a company in 1852 to come to the Salt Lake Valley. He died enroute on July 5, 1852. Catherine returned to Iowa.

Dwelling #117
David Study (age 54) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (David C. Study) (born 1795)
Mary Study (age 59) (Pennsylvania) (Mary Margaret Benner Study) (born 1790)
Henry Forney (age 21) (farmer) (Ohio) (born 1829) (son of Johann Karl Forney and Mary Margaret Benner Study)
Archibald Forney (age 18) (Ohio) (Archibald Study) (born 1832) (son of David C. Study and Betsy Griffin)

Sarah Forney (age 17) (Ohio) (Sarah Study) (born 1833) (daughter of David C. Study and Betsy Griffin)
Francis Forney (age 12) (Missouri) (Francis Marion Study) (born 1840) (son of David C. Study and Betsy Griffin)
Emma Forey (age 9) (Illinois) (Emma Jane Study) (born 1841) (daughter of David C. Study and Betsy Griffin)
Susan Forney (age 7) (Illinois) (Susanna Study) (born 1844) (daughter of David C. Study and Betsy Griffin)

Other family members not listed
Johann Karl Forney (born 1784) (died 1841)
Betsy Griffin Study (born 1805) (died about 1846)

The family did not go west. David and Mary Margaret were married in Studyville, Fremont County, Iowa.

Dwelling #118
David Study (age 23) (farmer) (Ohio) (David C. Study) (born 1826)
Mary Ann Study (age 18) (Ohio) (Mary Ann Ettleman Study) (born 1831) (daughter of Henry Ettleman and Christena Clapper, Dwelling #120)
Elizabeth Study (age 1 month) (Iowa) (Elizabeth B. Study) (born 1850)

David served as a Private in Company B of the Mormon Battalion. After being discharged in California, he returned to Iowa and settled in 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)

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 at Salt Lake City 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 Benner family stayed in Fremont County, Iowa.

Possible Births

Name Father Mother Birth Date
Mary Ann Forney George Forney Catherine Study 9 Apr 1848
John Huston, Jr. John Huston Christena Ettleman 21 Sep 1848
Mary Elizabeth Ewell John Martin Ewell Elizabeth Study 7 Nov 1848
William Henry Ettleman Samuel Ettleman Susan Forney 9 Dec 1848
Frederick Forney, Jr. Frederick Forney Clara Ann Ettleman 29 Jul 1849
William Huston John Huston Christena Ettleman 1850
Elizabeth B. Study David C. Study Mary Ann Ettleman 30 Apr 1850
David Ewell John Martin Ewell Elizabeth Study 8 May 1850
George Franklin Benner Henry Benner Susan Ettleman 18 Mar 1849
George Washington Ettleman Samuel Ettleman Susan Forney 10 May 1851
Mary Ann Ettleman Samuel Ettleman Susan Forney 10 May 1851
Phebe Jane Study David C. Study Mary Ann Ettleman 29 Jul 1852
David Maroni Ettleman Samuel Ettleman Susan Forney 28 Dec 1855


Possible Marriages

Groom’s Name Bride’s Name Marriage Date
Samuel Ettleman Susan Forney 10 Oct 1847
David Study Mary Ann Ettleman 28 Jun 1849