Huntington County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Huntington County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Huntington County was named for Samuel H. Huntington. It is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Huntington County Courthouse 201 N Jefferson St Roomm 103 Huntington, IN 46750 Phone: 219-358-4819 County Website

Huntington County Health Department 1330 S. Jefferson St. Huntington, IN, 46750 Health Officer: Thomas Ringenberg, DO Phone Number: 260-358-4831 Fax: 260-358-4899 Email: webmaster@huntington.in.us Health Department

County Clerk has birth and death, marriage records from 1847, court records from 1840, and divorce record from 1850; County Records has land record from 1834. Health Department has birth records and death records. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Biographies

 * Memorial Record of Northeastern Indiana. 1896. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. - includes many Huntington County men
 * Biographical Memoirs of Huntington County, Ind. 1901. Chicago: B.F. Bowen. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Cemeteries

 * The Allen County Public Library Genealogical Center has an online index to the Funk Cemetery. Other book publications include: France Cemetery, Lancaster Cemetery, Mount Hope Cemetery, Union (Old Lutheran) Cemetery, Known Cemeteries of Huntington County, Some Cemeteries of Huntington County
 * The Huntington City-Township Public Library, has at least 50 publications and manuscripts dealing with over 90 cemeteries and burial grounds. A concerted effort was made in the late 1970s and early 1980s to read all of the tombstones in the county that could be located at that time. All of these materials can be located by searching the library's online catalog.
 * The county has several dedicated Findagrave volunteers who attempt to keep up with new burials and add information for new discoveries.

Census Records

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Huntington County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Copies and/or indexes of some early church records are in the B. Joan Keefer Genealogy and Local History Center at the Library Website.

Society of Friends (Quakers) - One of the earliest "settlements" in the county was a short-lived agricultural school called Dennis' Station on the Wabash River near the county line with Wabash County. It existed for only a year or two beginning in 1804 and was approved by Chief Little Turtle. An 1853 map shows a Friends church as close as Wabash County. But, several county histories say that a wood church was constructed in Dallas Township in 1841 (or 1844/1853, depending on the source) and donated to the Society by John Moore. This church came to be known as the Maple Grove Church and is shown in the same 1879 map on page 66 at the intersection of sections 2 and 11 next to a school on the land of J. Plummer. It disbanded sometime in the 1930s, possibly consolidating with the Lincolnville Meeting (Wabash County) with which it alternated meeting locations, or perhaps the New Holland Meeting which was a little closer in Wabash County and operated from 1894 until 1964. Later two meeting houses were established in Jefferson Township: one at Pleasant Plain (1873-1904) and one at Milo (1889-1917). Records for the Jefferson Township Meetings for the period of 1899-1915 are at the Indiana Historical Society. Records for the Maple Grove Meeting have not been located.

Roman Catholic -

Lutheran -

German Reformed -

Methodist -

Court Records

 * 1835-1922 (*); Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

A survey of the court archives was conducted and published by the WPA in 1936. This was done as volume 35 of the series "Inventory of the County Archives of Indiana." Available on Archive.org Items may have moved or been destroyed in the intervening 85 years, but it can act as a starting point. It also has a good summary of the types of offices in the county at that time, their duties, and the records created.

Originals of most court records are still at the courthouse. See also: Land Records, Probate Records

Directories
1858 G.W. Hawes Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory online at FamilySearch Digital Library - includes all extant post offices in county, has listings for:


 * Antioch (now Andrews, p9); Huntington (p123), Mount Etna (p273), Roanoke (p336), Toledo, Wabash & Great Western RR (p606) -- note the absence of Markle and Warren

1866 Plat Map of Huntington County on Library of Congress - has small directories for most of the county.

1876 Historical Atlas of Indiana on Indiana Memory from Purdue-Fort Wayne - has small directories for Huntington (p422) and Warren (p448).

1879 Combination Atlas - See pages 155-119. 1879 Combination Atlas of Huntington County from Indiana State Library, Digital Section. (missing a few pages), HistoriceMapWorks free to browse and copies for sale (complete) The "Combination" comes from having both maps and brief histories of the area and short biographies of some families.

1884 Polk's Indiana State gazetteer and business directory on Archive.org - includes all extant post offices in the county with listings for:


 * Andrews (p49-50); Banquo (p106); Bippus (p119-117); Boehmer (p124); Bracken (p129); Brown’s Corners (p140); Buckeye (p142); Goblesville (p250); Harlansburgh (p304); Huntington (p320-325); Majenica (p480); Makin (p480); Markle (p488); Milo (p502); Monument City (p512); Mount Etna (p516); Pleasant Plain (p592); Plum Tree (p593); River [i.e. Lancaster] (p628); Roanoke (p629); Rock Creek (p632); Warren (p745-746).

1897 Complete City Directory, Huntington, Indiana on Archive.org (only an alphabetical listing, no categories, no county community listing)

1899 Stephens' Directory of Huntington, Indiana on Archive.org includes county listing by township (section number given after name)

1902 Johnson's Business and Professional Directory of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne .... on Archive.org (Huntington begins on p100, book is NOT organized alphabetically, consult Table of Contents)

1903 Young & Co's Directory of Northeastern Indiana and Northwestern Ohio at FS Digital Library. Includes 58 communities (7 in Ohio). Cities NOT listed alphabetically, use the table of contents at the front. Huntington County listings for: Andrews (p219), Huntington (p78), Roanoke (p226), and Warren (p225).

1906-1959 (various years) in U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 (Ancestry, AncestryLibrary) $

Funeral Homes

 * Bailey-Love Mortuary in Huntington.
 * Glancy Funeral Homes in Warren.
 * McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home in Huntington and Roanoke.
 * Myers Funeral Home in Huntington.
 * Wilson Burial Vault in Huntington.

Land and Property Records
Deeds from 1834-1901 on FamilySearch — unindexed

Local Histories

 * Historical Sketch of Huntington County, Indiana. 1877. Huntington, Ind: Herald Print. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
 * History of Huntington County, Indiana: a Narrative Account of its Historical Progress. 2 volumes. 1914. Editor: Frank Sumner Bash. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust; . Vol. 1 contains historical material; Vol. 2 contains biographies.
 * History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. 1887. Chicago: Brant & Fuller. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.


 * Index: Huntington County, Indiana index of names of persons and of firms. 1941. Works Projects Administration (WPA). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. An index to the four histories published from 1877 to 1914.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps help tell the story of settlement, ownership, and development. Plat maps in particular give the owners of at least the larger property owners, while smaller areas will at least have an outline.


 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
 * 1866 Plat Map of Huntington County
 * 1876 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Huntington County (page 66)
 * 1879 Combination Atlas of Huntington County from Indiana State Library, Digital Section. (missing a few pages), free to browse and copies for sale (complete) The "Combination" comes from having both maps and brief histories of the area and short biographies of some families.
 * 1879 Map of the City of Huntington. Just 6 years after incorporation as a city.
 * 1903 Plat Map of Huntington County
 * 1910 Rural Delivery Route Map of Huntington County (no names but can be used with county portion of City Directory to establish general area of residence)
 * 1912 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for Andrews
 * c1920 Plat Books of Indiana - pages 81-93
 * 1934 Map of Huntington County (in an Indiana Atlas), free to browse, copy for sale
 * 1962 Plat Book of Huntington County
 * 1967 Plat Book of Huntington County
 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (pre-1923) for Andrews, Huntington, Markle, Roanoke, and Warren
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
 * Veterans in Huntington County, Indiana (1886) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War Civil War service men from Huntington County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Huntington County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company K
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company A
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F Reorganized Company C
 * 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 23rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and G
 * 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and G
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, G, and H
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company G
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and H
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, C, and I

Civil War Books:


 * "Military History" Chapter 4 in (1887) History of Huntington County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with a short history of the northwest, the Indiana territory, and the state of Indiana. (1887. Chicago: Brant &amp; Fuller.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; INTERNET ARCHIVE.

World War I


 * 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Felter, Mrs. Frank. 1923. Huntington County in the World war.
 * Volume 1 - Minutes and reports of the various county agents, groups, and individuals reporting to the County Council of Defense. Among the groups submitting reports were: American Red Cross, Liberty Loan Drives, Knights of Columbus, Y.M.A., Y.W.A., Tri Kappas, War Mothers, schools, and the library. Each report summarizes the group's work during the war. There are also parade photographs and newspaper clippings.
 * Volume 2 - Four page form from some 90 individuals summarizing their war participation. Filed alphabetically by surname. Available at the Indiana State Library.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Pre-1930 About 85% Huntington newspapers at Newspapers.com ($); some also at NewspaperArchive.com ($)
 * The Roanoke Review (1919-1923) and The Warren Tribune (1911-1921) available at NewspaperArchive.com ($)
 * Warren Newspapers have been digitized and are linked from the Warren Public Library Digital Archives to a searchable database of pdfs.
 * Huntington City-Township Public Library has copies of all extant papers on microfilm.
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

* - Multiple papers with similar names may have been conflated into a single entry

** - No issues known to survive

Obituaries
The Huntington City-Township Public Library maintains an obituary card file that begins in 1921. It also has a series of binders where staff indexed early obituaries from 1848 to 1903 (Huntington papers) and 1910 (Warren and Andrews papers) using the microfilmed versions of the newspapers.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1841-1879 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1842-1922 (*); Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1847-1920 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1879-1900 Wills 1879-1900, Huntington County, Indiana 1955. By Plasterer, Mayretha and Carrie B. Plasterer Wright. Huntington, Indiana : Samuel Huntington Chapter, D.A.R., 1955. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: 

School Records

 * Graduates of Banquo High School (1897-1955) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Graduates of Huntington High School (1908-1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Alumni of Huntington High School (1877-1888) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Teachers of Huntington (1888, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1954) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Officers and Teachers of Huntington Public Schools (1908-1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Vital Records

 * Records of Funderburg Funeral Home, Markle, (1909-1976) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Birth

 * 1880-1923 Indiana, Births and Christenings. 1733-1933 - FamilySearch - Index
 * 1875-1920 Huntington County Indiana, WPA Birth [Ledger Index, Vol 1:A-L ] - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)
 * 1875-1920 Huntington County Indiana, WPA Birth [Ledger Index, Vol 2:M-Z ] - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)
 * 1875-1920 - Huntington County, digital copy of single original health department birth ledger entry - Huntington City-Township Public Library, hctpl.info (send request)
 * 1880-1920 Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920 at Ancestry - Index ($)
 * 1907-1940 Indiana Birth Certificates, 1907-1940 at Ancestry ($)

Marriage

 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
 * 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index and images, ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 Huntington County, Indiana, WPA Index to Supplemental Marriages, Vol 1:A-K - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)
 * 1882-1920 Huntington County, Indiana, WPA Index to Supplemental Marriages, Vol 2:L-Z - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)

Death

 * Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
 * 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1882-1920 Huntington County, Indiana, WPA Death [Ledger Index ] - FamilySearch - Browsable Index
 * 1882-1920 Huntington County, digital copy of single original health department death ledger entry - Huntington City-Township Public Library, hctpl.info (send request)

Divorce
Prior to 1852 divorces in Indiana could be issued either in a court or as a special act by the General Assembly. After 1852 only a court could issue a divorce. While any county court could issue a divorce, they are most frequently issued by the Circuit Court. And, since 1859 at least one of the divorcing parties needs to be a resident of the court where the divorce is filed. See also the FamilySearch Wiki article on Indiana Divorce.

To date, except for the statewide index of divorces issued by the General Assembly, Huntington County divorces have not been indexed. A few may be found by searching online newspapers for the county.

Funeral Home Records

 * Records of Funderburg Funeral Home, Markle, (1909-1976) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Archives
The Huntington City-Township Public Library functions as the county archives with many original records, including marriage and will books.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Fort Wayne Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Huntington Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Marion Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Allen County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Marion Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Andrews-Dallas Township Public Library 30 E Madison St Andrews, IN 46702 Phone: 260-786-3574 Website Huntington City-Township Public Library B. Joan Keefer Genealogy and Local History Center 255 W Park Dr Huntington, IN 46750 Phone: 260-356-0824 Email: [mailto:ask@hctpl.info ask@hctpl.info] Facebook Website Roanoke Public Library 314 N Main St Roanoke, IN 46783 Phone: 260-676-2989 Website Warren Public Library 123 E 3rd St Warren, IN 46792 Phone: 260-375-3450 Email: [mailto:warrenpl@warren.lib.in.us warrenpl@warren.lib.in.us] Website

Museums
Huntington County Historical Society 315 Court St Huntington, IN 46750-2862 Phone: 260-356-7264 Email: [mailto:huntingtonhistoricalmuseum@gmail.com huntingtonhistoricalmuseum@gmail.com] Facebook Website Roanoke Area Heritage Center 102 W First St Roanoke, IN 46783 Phone: 260-672-3252 Facebook Website

Societies
Huntington County Genealogical Society Huntington City-Township Public Library 255 W Park Dr Huntington, IN 46750 Phone: 260-356-0824 Huntington County Historical Society 315 Court St PO Box 1012 Huntington, IN 46750 Phone: 260-356-7264 Facebook Website

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
 * Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
 * List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
 * Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Scroll the list.
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
 * Huntington County INGenWeb
 * Huntington County, Indiana: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More at Linkpendium
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.