Richard Edwardes was born 1525 in Somersetshire, England. At the age of 15 he enter Oxford University where he excelled as a writer, composer and teacher. He died in 1566. Records includes the history of William Edwardes, 1618-1680, Richard Edwards IV, 1647-1719, Rev. Timothy Edwards, 1669-1758, Rev. Johnathan Edwards, 1703-1758, Timothy Edwards, 1738-1813, Mark F. Edwards, 1769-1819, Wm. C. Edwards, 1818-1898, John P. Edwards, 1847-1943, Walter...

Consists of pedigree charts, newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, etc., pertaining to the Nale, Nail, or Naugle family ancestors of Osie Alice McDowell of Washington Co., Indiana.

Johannas (John) Nagel Sr. (1793-1878) married Christena Lowry, and in 1834 the family immigrated from Germany to Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and elsewhere. Includes history of the Naugle Reunion Association, its early officers, and early reunions.

John Adamson came to America from London in 1691. He married Ann Skew in 1716 in West Collingswood, New Jersey. They later moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1726. Their descendant, Simon Adamson, Jr. (1763-1814) married Eleanor Routh, born 1769 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Simon died in Knox or Jefferson County, Tennessee. Descendants lived in Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, California, and elsewhere.

James McDowell was born in Randolph or Duplin County, North Carolina, in 1776. He married Susanna Gainey, daughter of Meredith and Nancy Ann Shotwell Gainey, in Duplin County, ca. 1796. The family moved to Lawarence County, Indiana, in 1818. He died in 1821 in Springville, Indiana, leaving the care of his family to his two sons, William, age 13, and John, age 11. Descendants lived in Indiana, Kansas, and elsewhere. Includes the Owen (Owings-Owens),...

William Henry Horton (1809-1859) moved from Rhode Island to Carroll County, Ohio, married three times, and died in Benton or Iowa County, Iowa. Descendants and relatives lived in Ohio, Iowa, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, California and elsewhere.

Samuel Baker was born in Pennsylvania in 1770 of German descent. His family migrated to Virginia, ca. 1775. He married Barbara Sherly in 1790 or 1791. They migrated to Kentucky in 1807 and then to Indiana eighteen months later. He died in Washington County, Indiana, in 1842. His grandson, Thomas Hart Benton Baker, was born in Washington County, Indiana, in 1838, the son of Dr. Valentine Baker (1793-1859). He married Adaline Naugle (1836-1883), daughter...