Andrew Pontius
m. Anna Mary Bear
Husband: Andrew Pontius
Born: 9/5/1816 in OH
Died: after 1885 in Polk County, Iowa
Marriage: 2/3/1840
Father: John Pontius, Green Twp, Ross
County, OH
Mother:
Wife: (1) Anna Mary Bear b. c1815
in PA, married 7 Oct 1841 in Ross Co., OH
(2) Margaret Francis
Nebergall b. 6 Aug 1831 in Augusta Co., VA, married 8 Aug 1852 McDonough
Co., IL
CHILDREN
Franklin Pontius, b. c 1843 in OH
Married Elizabeth E. Unknown, born Van Buren Co., IA
Children: (10 children, 6 still living in 1910)
Rosa A., b. c1872 Iowa
David M., b. c1874 Iowa
Riley M., b. c1875 Iowa
Samuel A., b. c1877 Iowa
James Franklin, b. May 1879 Iowa
Elva, b. c1882
Mary Pontius, b. c1845 in OH
2 David Pontius, b:
Nov 1846 in OH, d. 1933 in Polk County, IA
Married Mary Unknown, born Apr 1852 in PA, married c1879
Children: (7 children by 1900, but only 5 living)
Peter Andrew, b. May 1880
Married Martha Roff, d/o Henry & Mary Roff
Children:
Mary Pontius, b. c1911 Iowa
William Pontius, b. c1914 Iowa
Jennie Pontius, b. c1916 Iowa
Edith Pontius, b. c1919 Iowa
Ellsworth Pontius, b. c1922 Iowa
Ernest Pontius, b. c1924 Iowa
Harold Pontius, b. c1927 Iowa
Robert Pontius, b. c1928 Iowa
Ida May Pontius, b. 1929 Iowa
Elnora M., b. Apr 1883
Married Harry S. Farr c1907, son of Elmer E. and Emma Farr
Child:
Mildred Farr, b. c1813 Iowa
Hugh F., b. June 1885
Married Nellie E. Unknown
Children:
Henry Pontius, b. c1911 Iowa
Harry F. Pontius, b. c1912 Iowa
May C. Pontius, b. c1915 Iowa
Howard Pontius, b. c1918 Iowa
Hugh M. Pontius, b. c1921 Iowa
Nellie Pontius, b. c1924 Iowa
Nora J. Pontius, b. c1927 Iowa
Walter J., b. Jan 1887
Married Grace Unknown c1908
Child:
Elnora Pontius, b. c1909 Iowa
Elvera Pontius, b. c1911 Iowa
Goldie Pontius, b. c1912 Iowa
Thelma Pontius, b. c1915 Iowa
Juanita Pontius, b. c1916 Iowa
Walter Pontius, b. c1918 Iowa
Jack Pontius, b. c1920 Iowa, died bef. 1930?
Ruth Pontius, b. c1922 Iowa
Betty Pontius, b. c1924 Iowa
William E., b. 1889
Married Alice Elizabeth Unknown
Children:
Hazel C. Pontius, b. c1914 Iowa
Malenia Pontius, b. c1917 Iowa
Kenneth Pontius, b. c1920 Iowa
Hester Pontius, b. c1922 Iowa
James Pontius, b. c1924 Iowa
Ellen Pontius, b. c1927 St. Louis, MO
David Pontius, b. c1929 St. Louis MO
Eleanor Pontius, b. c1849 in OH
Samantha Pontius, b. c1854 in
IL
1 George W. Pontius,
b. Aug 1856 in IL
Married Nancy Elizabeth Starr, b. July 1866 in IA, married c1886
Children:
Lillie May, b. 18 Jan 1887, died before 1900
Goldie Fannie, b. 11 Sep 1891
Lovey Gladys, b. 30 Jul 1894
Married (1) bill Somers (2) Al Thompson (3) Clarence Ellis
Children:
John Joy Ellis
George Ellis
James Ellis
Charles Ellis
Joy Washington, b. 27 Oct 1896 in Washington Co., MO
Married Agatha Serverson
Children:
Ray Alvin Pontius
Blanche Louette Stout Pontius
Verna Pontius m. Robert Plank
Faye Pontius
Leland Pontius
Garnet Pontius
Pearl Marie Pontius, b. 11 May 1900
Lillie Minnesota Pontius, b. 11 Feb 1903
Jennie Dove Pontius, b. 22 July 1905
Married Leonard Amann
Children:
Carl Amann
Lewis Amann
Leonard Amann
Rosie Amann
Marie Amann
Opal Adeline Pontius, b. 18 Jun 1908 in Kay County, OK
Married James Phyburn Ford, b. 11 Mar 1905 in Butler, KS
Children:
Velda June Ford
Nancy Lou Ford
Max Veldon Ford
James Pyburn Ford
William Franklin Ford
Zacchary J. Ford
Jerald Ford
Wanda Elaine Ford
Robert L. Ford
Clarissa E. Pontius, b. c1858
in IL
Note: The 1885 Iowa State census
lists:
Andrew Pontious, 73, born OH
Marget Pontious, 50, born VA
Eva Pontious, 14, born Polk Co, IA
Marget A. Pontious, 12, born IL
Edward Pontious, 9, born IL
This is definitely Andrew and Margaret, but
whether the children are theirs is unknown.
1 George W.
Pontius descendency contributed by Arlene Wilkerson
2 David Pontius
descendency researcher Trevia Beverly
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