Noble County Indiana

PANCAKE FAMILY RECORDS

OF

NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA
Noble County was created in 1835 from Elkhart, LaGrange and Allen Counties.
See Pickaway County, Ohio records for more information on the Pancake family of Noble County.

CEMETERY RECORDS CENSUS COUNTY HISTORIES DEATH RECORDS DIVORCES
LAND RECORDS MARRIAGES PROBATE RECORDS MISCELLANEOUS

CENSUS RECORDS
1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 1920

1840 U.S. Census, Noble County, Indiana, Perry Twp., page 838, Microfilm M704-100

Abraham Pancake  1 male under 5     [b. 1835-1840]
                 1 male 30 to 40    [b. 1800-1810]

                 2 females under 5  [b. 1835-1840]
                 2 females 5 to 10  [b. 1830-1835]
                 1 female 20-30     [b. 1810-1820]

1850 U.S. Census, Noble County, Indiana, Microfilm M432-162

Page 188, Perry Township, Dwelling and Family Number 38:

Abram Pancake 42 M Farmer 2000 Ohio
Mary     "    38 F              "
Dorotha  "    16 F             Ind
Mary     "    14 F              "
Isaac    "    12 M              "   [moved to Baker Co., Oregon]
Harriet  "     8 F              "
John     "     6 M              "
Naoma    "     4 F              "
Allice   "     2 F              "

Page 210, Elkhart Township, Dwelling and Family Number 38:

John Pancake     34 M Farmer 2500 Ohio
Susan   "        31 F             Va
Elias   "        31 M             Ind
Mary Ann Milben   3 F             Ohio

Page 210, Elkhart Township, Dwelling and Family Number 43:

Isaac Pancake  32 M Farmer 2000 Ohio
Eve      "     25 F              "
Joseph   "      5 M              "
Isaac N  "      3 M             Ind
Mary     "   8/12 F              "

1860 U.S. Census, Noble County, Indiana, Microfilm M653-285

Page 99, Perry Township, Post Office Ligonier, Dwelling Number 38, Family Number 38:

Abraham Pancake   52 M Farmer      8000 100 Ohio
Emily      "      48 F                      Indiana
Dorothea   "      23 F Dress Maker             "
Mary       "      21 F C S Teacher             "
Isaac      "      20 M                         "
Harriet    "      17 F                         "
Naomi      "      15 F                         "
Alice      "      13 F                         "
Hannah     "      11 F                         "
Pirena     "       4 F                         "
Ida        "       2 F                         "
Josephine Johnson 16 F                         "
Alivin      "     13 M                         "
Hiram Hoke        24 M Farm Laborer          Ohio

Page 360, Elkhart Township, Post Office Wawaka, Dwelling Number 1974, Family Number 1973:

Isaac Pancake   47 M Farmer      6000 1000   O
Eve      "      37 F                         "
John     "      17 M                         "
Joseph   "      15 M                         "
Isaac    "      13 M                        Ind
Mary     "      10 F                         "
Wm       "       8 M                         "
Virginia "       6 F                         "
James Thompson  24 M Farm Laborer           [Hanover?]

Page 360, Elkhart Township, Post Office Wawaka, Dwelling Number 1975, Family Number 1974:

John Pancake      42 M Farmer      6000 1200   O
Susan   "         42 F                        Va
Elias   "         14 M                        Ind
Mary    "          7 F                         "
Ellen   "          6 F                         "
Jephtha [Harrod?] 22 M Farm Laborer      100   O

1870 U.S. Census, Noble County, Indiana, Microfilm M593-347

Page 110B, Elkhart Township, Post Office: Ligonier, Dwelling Number 47, Family Number 48:

Pancake John      51 M W Farmer        15000 2500  Ohio
   "    Susan     51 F W Keeping House             Virginia
   "    Elias F.  22 M W at Home                   Ind
   "    Lizzie    19 F W    "                       "
   "    Ellen     16 F W    "                       "

Page 113, Elkhart Township, Post Office: Wawaka, Dwelling Number 80, Family Number 81:

Pancake Isaac     55 M W Farmer        15000 3285  Ohio
   "    Eve       45 F W Keeping House              "
   "    Joseph    25 M W Farmer                     "
   "    Isaac N   22 M W    "                       Ind
   "    William A 17 M W                             "
   "    Geneva V  15 F W                             "
   "    Cora E     1 F W                             "

Page 239B, Perry Township, Post Office: Ligonier, Dwelling Number 109, Family Number 109:

Pancake Abraham  62 M W Farmer        7000 2615 Ohio
   "    Emily    54 F W Keeping House           Ind
   "    Pyrena   13 F W                          "
   "    Ida J    11 F W                          "
   "    Wright    8 M W                          "

1880 U.S. Census, Noble County, Indiana, Microfilm T9-301

Page 362, E.D. 67, Sheet 4, Elkhart Township, Dwelling Number 34, Family Number 34:

Pancake Joseph   W M 36          Married  Farmer         Ohio Ohio     Ohio
   "    Olive    W F 31 Wife     Married  Keeping House  Ind  New York New York
   "    Verne L  W M  6 Son      Single   At school       "   Ohio     Ind
   "    Gracie   W F  3 Daughter Single                   "     "       "

Page 362, E.D. 67, Sheet 4, Elkhart Township, Dwelling Number 37, Family Number 37:

Pancake Eve   W F 55          Widowed  Keeping House     Ohio Penn Penn
   "    Wm A. W M 27 Son      Single   Farm Laborer      Ind  Ohio   "
   "    Cora  W F 11 Daughter Single   At school          "    "     "
Osburn Ida E  W F 20          Single   Domestic Servant  Ind  N York Ohio

Page 362, E.D. 67, Sheet 4, Elkhart Township, Dwelling Number 38, Family Number 38:

Pancake Isaac N.  W M 33        Married  Farmer        Ind. Ohio Penn.
   "    Eva       W F 22   Wife Married  Keeping house  "   Ind  Ind
   "    Marion I. W M  2   Son  Single                  "    "    "
   "    Harry A.  W M 5/12 Son  Single                  "    "    "    [born in "Dec"]

Page 362, E.D. 67, Sheet 4, Elkhart Township, Dwelling Number 39, Family Number 39:

Pancake John       W M 61          Married Farmer         Ohio     Virginia Virginia
   "    Susan      W F 61 Wife     Married Keeping house  Virginia     "    Penn.
   "    Elizabeth  W F 29 Daughter Single     "      "    Ind.     Ohio     Virginia
   "    Ella       W F 27    "     Single     "      "     "         "          "
   "    John       W M 32 Nephew   Single  Farm laborer   Ohio     Ohio     Ohio
[Hufner?] Jacob    W M 30          Widowed   "     "      Ohio

Page 397, E.D. 69, Sheet 5, Ligonier, household of P. John and Debra Welch, Dwelling Number 54, Family Number 57:

Pancake Jennie  W F 23  Boarder  Single  School Teacher  Ohio Ohio Ohio

Page 415, E.D. 69, Sheet ?, Ligonier, Dwelling Number 417, Family Number 440:

Bouse Simon F   W M 31        Married  [Flour & feed store?]  Ind           Pa   Pa
  -   Jennie I  W F 22 Wife   Married  Keeping House          Ind           Ohio Ind Territory
Pancake Emily   W F 65 Mother Widowed  at home                Ind Territory Mass New Jersey
                       in Law

1900 U.S. Census, Noble County Indiana, Microfilm T623-395
Elkhart Township, E.D. 84, Sheet 3A, Dwelling Number 48, Family Number 48:

Pancake Newton  Head   W M Jan 1847 53 Married  Indiana Ohio    Ohio     Farmer
   -    Eva C   Wife   W F Dec 1858 42 Married  Indiana Indiana Ohio
   -    Harry A Son    W M Dec 1879 20 Married  Indiana Indiana Indiana  Farm Laborer
   -    Lotta V D in L W F Feb 1887 19 Married  Indiana Indiana Indiana

Newton and Eva had been married for 23 years. Eva was the mother of three children, all living. Newton and Eva had a mortgage on their farm. The census states that Harry and Lotta had been married for "0" years. Lotta had given birth to no children.

Elkhart Township, E.D. 84, Sheet 3A, Dwelling Number 50, Family Number 50:

Pancake John E.   Head     W M July 1848 52 Single   Ohio        Ohio        Ohio        Farmer
   -    Susan     Aunt     W F Oct  1818 87 Widowed  W. Virginia Maryland    W. Virginia
   -    Margaret  Cousin   W F Jan  1854 46 Single   Indiana     W. Virginia Ohio
Musser Samuel     Employee W M Jan  1867 33 Single   Indiana     Ohio        Indiana     Farm Laborer

John owned his farm free and clear. The census states that Susan had given birth to two children, both living.

Elkhart Township, E.D. 84, Sheet 3B, Dwelling Number 55, Family Number 55:

Pancake Joseph L.  Head     W M Dec  1844 55 Married  Ohio    Ohio        Ohio     Farmer
   -    Olive      Wife     W F July 1848 51 Married  Indiana Connecticut New York
   -    Grace      Daughter W F Oct  1876 25 Single   Indiana Ohio        Indiana

The census states that Joseph and Olive had been married for 30 years. Olive had given birth to three children, two of whom were still living. Joseph and Olive owned their farm free and clear.

Elkhart Township, E.D. 84, Sheets 6B and 7A, Dwelling Number 129, Family Number 130:

Waybill Amos A       Head        W M Jan  1843 57 Married   Indiana     Maryland     New Jersey  Farmer
   -    Catharine J  Wife        W F July 1854 45 Married   Indiana     Pennsylvania Indiana
Pancake Myrtle       Daughter    W F Sept 1879 20 Married   Indiana     Indiana      Indiana
Pancake Marion I     S. in law   W M Aug  1877 22 Married   Indiana     Indiana      Indiana     Tel Operator
Benton  David        F. in law   W M Oct  1815 84 Divorced  Pensylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Pancake Irma M.      G. Daughter W F July 1897  2 Single    Indiana     Indiana      Indiana

[Marion and Myrtle Pancake moved to St. Joseph County, Indiana.]

Amos and Catharine owned their farm free and clear. They had been married for 28 years. Catharine had given birth to four children, one of who was still living. Marion and Myrtle had been married for three years. Myrtle had given birth to one child, still living.

Perry Township, E.D. 89, Sheet 3A, Dwelling Number 55, Family Number 58:

Thompson Mary E    Head     W F Mch  1851 49 Widowed  Indiana Ohio    Virginia  Farmer
    -    Jennie    Daughter W F Aug  1888 12 Single   Indiana Indiana Indiana   In School
    -    Forest P  Son      W M Nov  1891  8 Single   Indiana Indiana Indiana   In School
Pancake William    Cousin   W M Sept 1861 38 Single   Indiana Ohio    Ohio      Farm laborer

Mary owned her farm free and clear. She had given birth to two children, both living.

1920 U.S. Census, Noble County Indiana, Microfilm T625-459
Elkhart Township, E.D. 133, Sheet 1A, Dwelling Number 1, Family Number 1:

Pancake, Vern L     Head     M W 46 Married  Indiana Ohio    Indiana  Farmer
   -   , Lavina     Wife     F W 43 Married  Indiana Germany Germany  none
   -   , Donald     Son      M W 21 Single   Indiana Indiana Indiana  Enumerator
   -   , Josephine  Daughter F W 11 Single   Indiana Indiana Indiana  none

Vern and Lavina's farm was mortgaged. Donald Pancake was the census taker for Elkhart Township.

Elkhart Township, E.D. 133, Sheet 1A, Dwelling Number 9, Family Number 9:

Pancake, Newton  Head            M W 72      Widowed  Indiana Ohio    Ohio     Retired Farmer
Gage, Frank      Grandson        M W 19      Married  Indiana Indiana Indiana  Farmer
  - , Alice      Grandson's wife F W 21      Married  Indiana Indiana Indiana  none
  - , Robert     Grandson's son  M W  1 6/12 Single   Indiana Indiana Indiana  none

Newton's farm was mortgaged.

Elkhart Township, E.D. 133, Sheet 2B, Dwelling Number 47, Family Number 49:

Pancake, John      Head    M W 71 Married  Ohio     Ohio     Ohio          Retired Farmer
   -     Barbara   Wife    F W 54 Married  Illinois Illinois Illinois      none
Steinbarger, John  Laborer M W 62 Single   Indiana  Ireland  Pennsylvania  Laborer

COUNTY HISTORIES
Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana, Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey and Co., 1882.
Page 443 - Biographical Sketch of John Pancake
Pages 443-444 - Biographical Sketch of Joseph L. Pancake

Alvord's History of Noble County, Indiana. Samuel E. Alvord, 1902.
Page 143 - "Roll of Honor", Noble County men "killed, died of wounds or diseases, or otherwise" while serving in the Civil War:
John S. Pancake, died at home, Jan. 1864.

Page 287 - Biographical Sketch of John Pancake
Page 289 - Biographical Sketch of Isaac Newton Pancake
Page 289 - Biographical Sketch of John E. Pancake
Page 293 - Biographical Sketch of Joseph L. Pancake

DEATH RECORDS
Noble County Deaths 1882-1933
Whan Collection, Noble County Public Library
There are at least six Pancake family members listed here - Emily, Joseph L., Susan, and William Pancake, Ida Jane Pancake Bouse, and Neoma Pancake Folsner. Click here to read the details.

CEMETERY RECORDS
The Whan Collection has an excellent database of Tombstone Readings.

LAND RECORDS
Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

On October 8th, 1835, Abraham Pancake of LaGrange County, Indiana purchased the following parcel of land in Noble County from the federal government through the Fort Wayne Land Office:

160 acres, the SE quarter of Section 22 in Township 35 North of Range 8 East

On March 15th, 1837, John Pancake of Pickaway County, Ohio purchased the following four parcels of land in Noble County from the federal government through the Fort Wayne Land Office:

160 acres, the SE quarter of Section 8 in Township 35 North of Range 9 East
160 acres, the SW quarter of Section 9 in Township 35 North of Range 9 East
 40 acres, the SE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 17 in Township 35
           North of Range 9 East
 40 acres, the NW quarter of the NW quarter of Section 21 in Township 35
           North of Range 9 East

Copies of the above land patents can be viewed and/or purchased at the BLM website at the URL listed above.

MARRIAGE RECORDS
Noble County, Indiana Marriage Records, Books 1-7, 1859-1899, Ruth M. Slevin, 1971
Part I, Index of Grooms, Page 123:

                                                           BK  PAGE
16 Jan 1872   HITLER, Martha Ann    PANCAKE, Elias F        2  562
 3 Feb 1867   CURTIS, Nancy         PANCAKE, Isaac N        2   51 [moved to Baker Co., OR]
30 Sep 1875   MAWHORTER, Eva C      PANCAKE, Isaac Newton   3  355
 6 Jan 1897   WAYBILL, Myrtle       PANCAKE, Marion J       7  261

Part II, Index of Brides, Page 130:

                                                           BK  PAGE
21 Nov 1888   PANCAKE, Cora E       HESS, Fred J            5  555
 7 Nov 1861   PANCAKE, Dorothea     CAMELL, Isaac P         1  208
11 Jun 1899   PANCAKE, Ethel May    GAGE, Abram H           7  533
21 May 1861   PANCAKE, Harriet      CALDWELL, A J           1  169
13 May 1880   PANCAKE, Geneva       GABY, George D          4  262
25 Sep 1879   PANCAKE, Jennie       BOUSE, Simon P          4  186
14 Jan 1886   PANCAKE, Lizzie M     THOMPSON, Elzy J        5  273
17 Dec 1863   PANCAKE, Mary         MARKER, George          1  362
 7 May 1869   PANCAKE, Mary         GREEN, John             2  309
21 Aug 1869   PANCAKE, Naoma        FALCONER, Egnez         2  326
25 Mar 1875   PANCAKE, Pyrena       CARTER, George J        3  310

Also check the Whan Collection for more Pancake marriages.

DIVORCES
Noble County, Indiana Divorces S-Z
The Whan Collection

The divorce of Charles and Grace Pancake Smith is listed here.

PROBATE RECORDS
Diann Bortner, Deputy Probate Clerk, Noble County, Indiana, letter of August 22, 1977

Photocopies of the index cards for the name Pancake in the Noble County Records

Pancake, Abraham
Ap.2 P. 354

Pancake, Eve   Estate No. 396
Jesse B. Smith, admr.
Letters issued Nov. 8, 1881
Settled Jan. Term 1883 - Order Book 7 Pg. 450
AP # 4, Pg. 7

Pancake, Harry   Estate No. 2053
Joseph W. Smith, admr.
Letters issued August 13, 1917
Final report appvd. Nov. 2, 1918 - O.B. 29, pg. 50
AP #10, pg. 76

See Elkhart Co., Indiana Death Records

Pancake, John   Estate No.1583
John E. Pancake, admr.w.w.a.
Letters issued, April 11, 1911
Final report approved, May Term, 1912 - O.B. 24  P. 45
Will Rec. 3 P. 398-400
Ap. 8 p. 81

Pancake, John E.   Estate No. 2864
Jennie E. Pancake - executrix
The Albion Nat'l Bank, admr.w.w.a.
Letters issued Aug. 8, 1925 - June 29, 1949
Final report appvd. May 8, 1950 - O.B. 52, pg. 5
Will Rec. 8, pgs. 387-88-89
AP #13, pg. 11

Pancake, Joseph L.   Estate No. 2154
Farmers & Merchants Trust Company - Admr.
Letters issued October 28, 1918
Report appvd. & estate settled Oct. 8, 1931 - O.B. 39, pg. 219
AP #10, pag. 177

Pancake, Joseph W.   Estate No. 326
Isaac E. Knisely, Administrator
Letters issued March 9, 1880
Final report approved
Ap. 3  p. 125

The Whan Collection has all name indexes to Noble County probate records and wills.

MISCELLANEOUS
Indiana Election Returns, 1816-1851, Dorothy Riker and Gayle Thornbrough, comp., 1960

Page 349 - General Assembly, 1850
           August 5, 1850
           Returns for House of Representatives
           Thrity-fifth Session, December 30, 1850 - February 14, 1851
           District                  Candidates
            Noble        *Abraham Pancake   William H. Nimmon
                               691                 595
           *=elected

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