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Note: Additions to the information found in Plumb's History of Hanover are shown below in red text.
Elijah INMAN 1 was born in Connecticut in 1718; married Susan [blank]; came to Hanover before the Wyoming Massacre [3 July 1778] with a large family, there being seven sons, with the youngest being 15 at the time of the Wyoming Massacre; died in 1804, aged 86; his residence was on the River Road on Solomon's Creek, north side, a half mile below the present Buttonwood bridge. They had:
Richard INMAN 2 (Elijah 1) was born in Connecticut in 1751; came to Hanover with his father's family before the Revolutionary War; was in Wyoming Massacre and escaped; was the man that saved Rufus BENNETT's life by shooting the Indian chasing him; married Hannah SPENCER; lived in Hanover at Buttonwood; died there in 1831. They had:
John INMAN 2 (Elijah 1) was born in Connecticut in 1758; came to Hanover with his father's family before the Revolutionary War; married [blank]; lived in Buttonwood; died there in 1814. They had:
Edward INMAN 2 (Elijah 1) was born in Connecticut in 1763; came to Hanover with his father's family before the Revolutionary War; married Jerusha DILLEY; lived on Inman's Hill near Buttonwood; died there in 1848. They had:
John E. INMAN 3 (Edward, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; married Mary HANNIS; lived on the Middle Road; [was Justice of the Peace in Hanover in 1845]; removed to the West in 1856 with his whole family. They had:
Israel INMAN 3 (Richard, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; owned the tavern in Solomon's Gap at the head of the lower plane [from p. 291 - "There were a sawmill, a tavern, and a house or two up in Solomon's Gap between the mountains. This was known as INMAN's Tavern till 1840, when the railroad was building. Then the INMANs sold out and went West - to Wisconsin."]; married [blank] HIMMELREID; went West with his whole family in 1840; lived in Wisconsin. They had:
Isaac INMAN 3 (Richard, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; married [blank]; went West in 1840. They had:
Caleb INMAN 3 (Richard, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; married Elizabeth HARTZELL; removed to the West in 1843; lived in Wisconsin. They had:
Richard INMAN 3 (Richard, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; married E. BRANDON; went to Wisconsin in 1840. They had:
John INMAN 3 (Richard, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; married [blank] BRANDON; went to Wisconsin in 1840. They had:
Walter INMAN 3 (Richard, 2 Elijah 1) was born in Hanover; married [blank] ALDEN; went to Wisconsin in 1840. They had:
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