Birth 
Abt 1843 
MD  
Gender 
Male 
1850 Census 
23 Aug 1850 
Shelbyville, Shelby Co., IN  
sheet 351, page 701, dwelling no. 44, family no. 45 
◦ enumerated as Joseph H. age 7 born in MD
1860 Census 
18 Jun 1860 
Shelbyville P.O., Shelby Co., IN  
sheet 844, page 55, dwelling no. 380, family no. 382 - Third Ward 
◦ enumerated as Joseph H. age 17 born in IN
1870 Census 
http://www.gean-ealogy.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I72353&tree=Tree1
Census
26 Jul 1870 
San Pierre P.O., Kankakee TWP, Jasper Co., IN  
sheet 544, page 1, dwelling & family no. 9 
◦ enumerated as Joseph H. Janes age 29 born in IN - household includes Rachel Graves age 59 born in OH
1880 Census 
12 Jun 1880 
Haven, Reno Co., KS  
sheet 564B, page 14, dwelling no. 150, family no. 168 - e.d. 298 
◦ enumerated as J.H. James age 37 born in IN (parents in MD) - household includes a Jos Ellinger age 25 born in IL
Census 
1885 
Haven, Reno Co., KS  
page 85, dwelling no. 227, family no. 237 
◦ enumerated as J.H. Janes age 42 - his wife is listed as Mary A. Janes age 45 (is she the same Mary from 1870? or a different wife?)
Died 
Aft 1 Mar 1885 
Lemuel Clark Janes
Updated September 5, 2000


Lemuel Clark Janes is my great-great grandfather. He was born February 10, 1810 in Loudoun County, Virginia. His parents are unknown. He married Barbara Ellen Higgins on February 17, 1829 in Montgomery County, Maryland. Lemuel died September 30, 1888 in Hoosier Twp. Kingman County, Kansas. Buried in Hoosier Cemetery-Blk.B Lot 45. Barbara died November 18, 1867.Their children were:
1. Benjamin Franklin Janes-born 1832 in Maryland
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. James H. Janes-born January 1, 1842 in Indiana
6. Mary Cecilla Janes-born December 9, 1849 in Indiana
7. Charles William Janes-born December 9, 1849 in Indiana

After the death of Barbara Ellen, Lemuel married Sarah Graves or Groves. Lemuel, two sons and a son-in-law moved to Kansas in 1878.

My great-grandfather was James H. Janes, but the family called him Joseph. He was born January 1, 1843 in Indiana and married in 1863 to Mary A. Graves in Indiana. James died February 8, 1898 in Yoder, Kansas. Mary was born August 9, 1836 in Ohio and died April 15, 1898 in Yoder, Kansas.
Their children were:
1. Harry Grant Janes-born November 26, 1862 in Indiana
2. Josiah W. Janes-born September 1865 in Indiana
3. Lemuel Milton Janes-born January 10, 1867 in Indiana
4. Luella May Janes-born November 26, 1869 in Indiana
5. Sarah Elizabeth Janes-born June 1, 1871 in Indiana
6. Albert Carey Janes-born January 21, 1876 in Indiana

My grandfather was Harry Grant Janes born November 26, 1863 in Indiana. He married Rosaetta Tyner on December 25, 1885 in Kansas. Rosaetta was born May 13, 1868 in Indiana and died March 13, 1907 in Goltry, Oklahoma and buried at Karoma Cemetery in Goltry. Harry Grant Janes married second to Grace Sheare-Minnick and he died in 1945 in Anthony, Florida.
The children of Harry Grant and Rosaette were:
1. Henry Ward Janes-born 1886 in Kansas
2. Iva M. Janes-born October 25, 1888 in Kansas
3. Charles Milton Janes-born October 27, 1891 in Kansas
4. Carl Edward Janes-born July 30, 1893 in Kansas
5. Esther Sarah Janes-born May 30, 1900 in Kansas
6. Harry Janes-born 1903 in Oklahoma
7. Vivian Florence Janes-born July 11, 1905 in Oklahoma


Carolyn Elizabeth Fortune
P.O. Box 41
Tremont, MS 38876
United States
662-652-3605
doncar@ayrix.net
ID: I72349
Name: Joseph H. JANES
Given Name: Joseph H.
Surname: Janes
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1843 in MD
Death: Aft 1 Mar 1885
Event: sheet 351, page 701, dwelling no. 44, family no. 45 1850 Census 23 Aug 1850 Shelbyville, Shelby Co., IN
Event: sheet 844, page 55, dwelling no. 380, family no. 382 - Third Ward 1860 Census 18 Jun 1860 Shelbyville P.O., Shelby Co., IN
Event: sheet 544, page 1, dwelling & family no. 9 1870 Census 26 Jul 1870 San Pierre P.O., Kankakee TWP, Jasper Co., IN
Event: sheet 564B, page 14, dwelling no. 150, family no. 168 - e.d. 298 1880 Census 12 Jun 1880 Haven, Reno Co., KS
Census: page 85, dwelling no. 227, family no. 237 1885 Haven, Reno Co., KS