Joshua Bennett Voreis

Abraham Voreis and son, David R.


By Daniel McDonald, printed in Chicago by Kingman Brothers, Lakeside Building, 1881.
Date: 0 0, 1881

Abraham VOREIS, the father of our subject, was a native of Holland. He was born in the City of Amsterdam, in 1768, and like many of his sturdy countrymen, came to the shores of the New World to improve his fortune. He lived, at various times, in the counties of Preble and Butler, in the State of Ohio, and subsequently in Union County, Indiana, removing from the latter to Marshall County, In 1836, when the locality in which he settled was almost an unclaimed wilderness. He was a noble type of the pioneers by whom this county was settled - strong and brave, and not afraid of work. He died in 1855, respected by all who knew him.

David R., his son, was born July 27, in Preble County, Ohio, and accompanied his father’s family in their removal to Butler County, Ohio, Union County, Indiana, and finally to Marshall County, where he has since continued to reside. Two years after his arrival in this county (in 1838), he married Miss Mary A. LOGAN. This union, though a happy one, was brief, for, in 1841, his wife died, leaving two children, Oliver H. and Mary A. In 1842 he married Miss Sophia DICKSON, who shared with him the trials of pioneer life, and traveled life’s pathway with him, cheering him in the struggle with poverty, and rejoicing in his success, until she, too, was removed by death, in 1879. Seven children blessed this second union, and five still survive, viz: Joshua, Nancy J., Martha, David P., and Thomas M.

Mr. VOREIS bore his part bravely in the pioneer days, and labored earnestly to accumulate a competence for his support in the years when the infirmities of advancing age should render him incapable of performing active labor. He has succeeded in this, and having retired from work, still resides with his daughter upon the old homestead, whose broad acres were redeemed from the wilderness by his hand. Throughout a long residence in this county he has ever been recognized as an upright, honorable citizen, and in the public improvements of the county he has been an interested participant, contributing liberally to all public enterprises designed to promote its interests.

Voreis and Dickson cemetery, Union Township


By Wendell C. and Jean C. Tombaugh. Excerpts of McDonald/Bucklew Cemetery from their transcription of gravestones from all the cemeteries in Marshall County.
Date: 0 0, 1985

McDONALD CEMETERY
(Bucklew Cemetery)

Located on the east side of S. Quince Road, about one mile south-west of Rutland, Union Township, Marshall County, Indiana.

Most of the stones were unusually clear, and the cemetery was in a neat and clean condition. In Row 1 all but three of the stones have some decoration carved in them.

The rows run north and south; rows are numbered from west to east; stones read from north to south.

Readings by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh in 1984.

[...]

Row 2

DICKSON, Zenobia E., dau of B.L. & E., July 21, 1848 - June 6, 1849

(4 steps)

VOREIS, Elizabeth, dau of D.R. & S., d. June 7, 1845, ae 4y-3m-20d

(4 steps)

DICKSON, Elizabeth, wife of Platt B., d. Oct 22, 1853, ae 76y-6m-18da
DICKSON, Platt B., d. Dec 19, 1855, ae 75y-11m-21d
DICKSON, Pierce, son of H.B. & L., d. Aug 17, 1857, ae 2y-5m-22d
VOREIS, Hezakiah B., son of D.R. & S., d. Nov 18, 1858, ae 4y-4m-12d
DICKSON
(1) Mary L., wife of E.B., d. May 4, 1903, ae 89y-7m-7d
(2) Elias B., d. Nov 22, 1889, ae 82y-1m-9d
(DICKSON), Father
DICKSON, Eleazer, 1848-1909
DICKSON, Minerva, 1858-1927

[...]

Row 15

BARTLETT, Jas. T., Co F 17 Ind Inf (military marker, no dates)

(13 steps)

VOREIS, J. Bennett, Mar 22, 1846 - Nov 19, 1920
VOREIS, Our Parents
(1) Sophia, wife of D.R., d. Mar 1, 1879, ae 67y-8m-24d
(2) David R., d. Apr 7, 1894, ae 81y-9m-20d
VOREIS, Nancy J., Apr 2, 1847 - Oct 2, 1919
VOREIS, Lulu, dau of Nancy, d. Jan 7, 1895, ae 19y-4m-17d

Record of Insane, Marshall County, Indiana



Date: 0 0, 1991

Index:
VOREIS, Joshua B. 154

RECORD OF INSANE....only mimimal information is extracted from the record for this publication. The book is available at the Marshall County Historical Museum for further research.

VOREIS, Joshua B. of Union Twp. - inquest held 11 Sept 1889 JP's PARKER and BOGARDUS. Witnesses: Dr. I.L. BABCOCK, Dr. A.E. STEVENS, James WYLIE, Ira MATTIX, David R. VOREIS. Hospital full, "refered for future consideration". (Case 4, Box 22)