Thomas Nathaniel Rector

1880 - 1958  (78 years)

• Name	Thomas Nathaniel Rector
  Birth	26 Mar 1880	Fountain County, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Mar 1958	Parke County, Indiana
  Burial	Apr 1958	Wolf Creek Cemetery, Grange Corner, South Of Wallace, Indiana
  Person ID	I62978	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Mother	Martha (Mattie) Jane Kiger,   b. 30 Mar 1860, Indiana, USA d. 5 May 1927, Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Danville, Illinois (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F25659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Per Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, "Thomas Nathaniel Rector: Secondchild of William Henry and Martha Jane Kiger Rector. We spent many agood times on the 20 Acres, known to us as "Uncle Tom's old homeplace" in Grange Corner, Indiana. Bought by his father and left tohim. I remember Sugar Creek running at the back of the property, theapple orchard, hills and hollows and grapevine swings, mushroom andginshang hunting and my dad collecting wild honey. Also, the logcabins, one next to the road, but mostly the one in the woods.Collected water from a spring and eat mostly what was in season. Suchgood memories." [SLJuhl, Compiler & Family Genealogist, 07 Jan 2005;sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]. Per Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, "Bessie Kiger Townsend: Was thedaughter of George (b. 26 Aug 1869 d. 09 Jan 1950) and Minnie SheelyKiger (b. 12 Feb 1877 d. 10 June 1955). Both are buried at WoldCreek Cemetery, Grange Corner, near Wallace, Indiana. Bessie sold thehome place in 1966. She had sisters: Dolly Kiger who married TommyRector; Marie Kiger who married Archie Purcell; Flossie Kiger whomarried Perely Crowder; Brothers: Lambert Kiger who married SallyUnknown; Ed Kiger who married Betty Unknown." "I remember going totheir home when I was a child; Called, 'Uncle Tom's Old Home Place'.Originally bought by William H. and Martha Kiger Rector. All heirs(including me) had to sign when Bess sold it after Thomas died, about1966. It was approximately 20 acres and bordered Sugar Creek, nearGrange Corner, Indiana." [SLJuhl, Compiler & Family Genealogist, 07Jan 2005; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]. I do remember my mother (Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins) say that at onetime in the 1980's that she had had an opportunity to buy thementioned property, but did not, and had many times over wished thatshe had done so however. [SLJuhl, Compiler & Family Genealogist, 07Jan 2005; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com].