Enoch Olvey

1796 - 1878  (81 years)

• Name	Enoch Olvey
  Birth	14 Nov 1796	Wilkes, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Nov 1878	Hancock, Indiana, USA
  Death	11 Nov 1878	Green, Hancock, Indiana, USA
  Burial	Green, Hancock, Indiana, USA
  Notes	Enoch Olvey was a successful farmer and pump maker. He and his wife, Patsy, were members of the "Hardshell" Baptist Ch. Moved to Indiana from NC around 1827. Bondsman for their marriage was Enoch Sale, son of Leonard Sale. Enoch Olvey was a witness to the will of Leonard Sale in Wilkes Co., NC, Nov 1824. Enoch and Patsy Olvey were living in Wayne Co., IN Center Twp. in 1830 and in Vernon Twp, Hancock Co., IN in 1840. They later moved to Green Twp., Hancock Co., where they lived out their lives. Enoch Olvey and Susan Prater were not married. At the time of the birth of Alfred M. Prater/Olvey, Enoch Olvey was married to Martha "Patsy" Denney Olvey from 1825 until the time of her death in 1868. A little less than 6 months after Patsy's death, Enoch married her sister, Jane Denney Dobbins, the widow of Levi Dobbins, in Hancock Co., IN.
  Person ID	I00016	William "Alvey" Olvey
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Fielder Olvey,   b. Abt 1772, Maryland, USA d. Abt 1852, Fall Creek, Madison, Indiana, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Lucy Unknown,   b. Abt 1775, North Carolina, USA d. Bef 1860, Madison, Indiana, USA (Age < 85 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	Abt 1795	Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F00004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Denney,   b. 08 Jun 1808, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA d. 30 Apr 1868, Green, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1825	Wilkes, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Children	1. M.W. Olvey   d. Hancock, Indiana, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. T.D. Olvey   d. Hancock, Indiana, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Diana A. Olvey,   b. 02 Sep 1824, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA d. 20 Jul 1891, Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Jane A. Olvey,   b. 06 Aug 1828, Indiana, USA d. 11 Oct 1854, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 26 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Elizabeth Olvey,   b. 27 Jul 1830, Wayne, Indiana, USA d. 15 Jan 1856, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 25 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Ransom R. Olvey,   b. 03 Feb 1833, Rush, Indiana, USA d. 20 Jul 1908, Fortville, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Sarah Ann Olvey,   b. Abt 1835, Hancock, Indiana, USA d. Abt 1847, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 12 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. Noah N. Olvey,   b. 28 Apr 1837, Hancock, Indiana, USA d. 10 Jun 1909, Woods, Oklahoma, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   9. Levi D. Olvey,   b. 20 Aug 1840, Hancock, Indiana, USA d. 22 Nov 1913, Hancock, Indiana, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   10. Lavinia Olvey,   b. 03 Jun 1844, Fortville, Hancock, Indiana, USA d. 29 Oct 1920, Greenville, Bond, Illinois, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   11. Nancy Olvey,   b. Abt 1845, Hancock, Indiana, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   12. William Jasper Olvey,   b. 18 Mar 1847, Hancock, Indiana, USA d. 18 Oct 1890, Greenville, Hunt, Texas, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F00018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Denney Dobbins,   b. 06 Oct 1815, Surry, North Carolina, USA d. 18 Feb 1873, Hancock County, Indiana, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1868	Hancock, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F00019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Susan "Susie" Prater,   b. Abt 1825, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Alfred M. Olvey,   b. 13 Aug 1853, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA d. 07 Jun 1926, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F02748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Olvey, Enoch
  		Olvey, Enoch

  
  

• Sources

  [S00089] Tombstone of Enoch Olvey. [S00038] Marriage Records of Wilkes Co., NC. [S00034] Marriage Records of Hancock Co., IN.