George "Louis" Templeton looks over son Gary's (lower left) Explorer Scout Indian lore headdress with Brazilian foreign exchange student Jose Carlos de Alverenga, 1964.

"Judge" George Bostwick Templeton was a pioneer of Rich Hill, Missouri, along with his wife, Emma Jane (Streator) Templeton.

 

Michael & Lovina Templeton gathered their family at Phalanx Station, Ohio, in the late 1880's.

Frank H. Templeton gave up the life of a traveling civil engineer for that of insurance sales in order to keep his young family at home in Great Bend, Kansas. This is the man that Elva Moore recognized on a Wichita train platform as looking so much like her beloved, George L. Templeton, that he could not be any other than her fiancé's father.

William Templeton was probably a new immigrant when he joined with other recent settlers of the central Pennsylvania valleys as a Ranger in his local Committee of Correspondence.

William Hayden was a powerful preacher that spent much of his adult life in the saddle, traveling with Elder Walter Scott proselytizing and founding the Disciples of Christ and kindred denominations. (Hayden was "step" brother-in-law to William Templeton, the Second.)

Biographies

 

William Templeton Sr anchors these Biographies of people -- family members, "extended" family, and historical figures -- that have entered the orbit of our ancestors in one way or another. It's the reward of doing genealogy: what in school seemed dry, lifeless, or worse, irrelevant to daily life at the turn of the Millennia, takes on breath and desire, heroism and meaning when history goes by names of the people that not only shaped our nation, but imprinted upon generations of parents and children the values and lessons that shaped who we are, ourselves.

Click on the highlighted names to learn more about the person. Check out The History for some selected events and innovations that, we hope, provide some context and perspective.

Some of the following "bios" are very brief, as there is little information to draw upon about the individual. We do our best to confirm essential details, but some speculation is necessary in fleshing out the stories of long-departed family members. Historical figures and folks that participated in great (or small) events that are part of the "public record" stitch into the grand narrative of American history the stories of family members that all we have is a mention or two in a letter or a remeniscence of kinfolk. You'll find footnotes that can point you to further reading on the people and events included.

And, of course, you are encouraged to "Submit Info" to add to or correct the stories here about our Family:

Last update: December 30, 2009 -- Generations are seperated by a space.

Name
Dates


1200s

 
Gilbert de Templeton
Abt 1260 - Aft. 1296, "Magisto Gilberti" - Ayrshire and Rothesay, Scotland
   

1300s

 
James de Templetone
Abt 1270 - Aft 1315, Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
   
1400s
 
Richard Streter
Abt 1425, "of Goudhurst," - Aft 1450, Kent, England
   
1500s
 
   
   
1600s
 
William Thorne
1610 - 1675 -- forced out of Massachusetts Colony. A founder of Flushing, Long Island.
Stephen Streeter
January 9, 1599/00 - July 14, 1652 -- of Charlestown, Essex, Massachusetts Colony.
Ursula (Adams) Streeter
July 19, 1619 - March 26, 1673 -- our connection to the Massachusetts Adamses.
William Robinson
Abt 1640 - ?
John Robins
Abt 1640 - ?
Nicholas Butterworth
1681 - Aft 1730
   
1700s

William Templeton

Abt. 1750

Allie Monteith

Abt 1760 - Abt 1845
Daniel Monteith
1750 - 1826
Nicholas Butterworth
Abt 1750
Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne
January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796
Pierce Dant Hamblen
March 24, 1756 - ? Revolution diarist.
Robert (Michael?) Hampson
Abt 1760 - Before June 10, 1798
Jane Ayers
December 31, 1767 - May 19, 1849
John McCollum
December 26, 1770 - April 7, 1849
William Rayen
October 21, 1776 - April 5, 1854

William Templeton II

Before March 6?, 1776 - March 6, 1856

Elizabeth Hampson

March 10, 1785 - August 31, 1841
Joab Moore
1780 - ?
Mary McCollum
Abt 1799 -
William Hayden
June 30, 1799 - April 7, 1863

1800s

Robert Nelson Templeton

April 1808 - ?

Sarah Rigal

February 20, 1809 - ?

William D. Templeton, Jr.

April 5, 1809 - December 3, 1877

Mariah Shaffer

October 31, 1810 - April 2, 1869

Jane Emmeline Templeton

March 12, 1811 - April 12, 1877

Amzi Leach

February 4, 1807 - December 12, 1881

John Templeton

April 1814 - ?

Eliza Jane Shaffer

Abt 1823 - ?

Elias Templeton

April 1816 - ?

Emila Johnson

August 6, 1821 - September 17, 1902

David Templeton

July 30, 1817 - September 8, 1873

Alpheus Streator

January 10, 1818 - ?

Orilla (Streator) Streator

1823 - ?
Charles Henry Shafer
April 13, 1820 - April 30, 1895

Louis Templeton

About 1821 - about 1838

Lovina Fusselman

March 29, 1823 - September 9, 1904

Michael Templeton

November 19, 1823 - March 23, 1909

Elizabeth Templeton

November 1826 - ?

Olive Templeton

July 1829 - ?

Jacob "Jake" Harding

 

Rachel Templeton

October 1832 - ?

James Rayen

Abt 1832 - ?

Dr. Worthy S. Streator

October 16, 1816 -

William Templeton

1836 - ?

Elizabeth Templeton

Abt 1837 - ?
Rev. Wilson A. Streator
February 21, 1845 - August 1, 1927
Roseanna E. Bailey
1848 - 1928

Martha Templeton

September 13, 1849 - January 28, 1932
Samuel Kirk Robins
1847 - 1875
Sarah Margaret Clark
1849 - 1931 Abe Lincoln's aunt.

Edward Lewis Durst

February 27, 1851 - June, 1917
Robert H. Templeton
Abt 1843 - May 25, 1864

Reuben Fusselman Templeton

October 5, 1848 - June 13, 1934

George Bostwick Templeton

May 25, 1850 - May 9, 1919

Emma Jane Streator

June 6, 1853 - July 14, 1941

Minerva Ann Templeton

September 25, 1851 - January 19, 1922

Wilson Streator

September 25, 1850 - ?

Olive Almira Templeton

September 17, 1853 - May 5, 1941

Allen Herner

Abt 1853 - ?

John Miles Templeton

January 12, 1855 - ?

Mary Ada Templeton

November 20, 1856 - March 17, 1936

William Houghton Morrell

October 30, 1857 - March 18, 1958

Lovina Jane "Jennie" Templeton

November 22, 1858 - August 1, 1911

Frank Matthews

Abt 1858 - ?

Louis Franseigle Niece

December 21, 1861 - July 23, 1938

Florence Britta Thorne

July 24, 1872 - July 24, 1922

Lewis Franklin Templeton

April 18, 1862 - August 17, 1934

"Bessie" Diers

November 7, 1863 - ?

Ella Belle Templeton

November 24, 1865 - June 10, 1941

D.M. Hine

December 20, 1856 - December 10, 1924
Harry Key Rayen
November 28, 1870 -

Edwin G. Templeton

February 18, 1885 - August, 1972

Harold J. Templeton

May 3, 1886 - October 14, 1892

George Streator Templeton

January 1, 1887 - February 27, 1972

Catherine Bradley

October 1, 1888 - ?

Frank Harold Templeton

January 26, 1892 - November 13, 1978

Gladys Elnora Niece

June 14, 1895 - September 21, 1983

Fanna B. (Streator) Wright

1873 - ?

D. F. Wright

1879 - ?

(Charles) Victor Streator

May 9, 1872 - ?

Gertrude Inez Streator

August 10, 1875 - ?

Ivan Herner

December 13, 1893 - November, 1987

Wilbur Ross Herner

Abt 1895 - ?

Bessie M. Templeton

February 5, 1880 - March 12, 1916

Jessie Belle Templeton

1882 - ?

Mabel Annis Morrell

August 22, 1889 - October 1981

Gertrude Morrell

Abt 1891 - ?

Marie Templeton

? - May 15, 1935

1900s

George Streator Templeton, Jr.

September 15, 1918 - November 30, 2001

Robert Floyd Cunningham

November 28, 1912 - March 8, 1998

Robert Vincent Templeton

June 19, 1918 - May 1995

Betty Garth Branscome

November 26, 1923 -

Elva Viola Moore

September 14, 1919 -

Oma Loverne Templeton

May 15, 1920 -

George Louis Templeton

May 15, 1920 -

Marlin Streator Templeton

1922 -

Carmen Van Ness

March 12, 1928 -

Elizabeth Hazel

 

Steven Garth Templeton

November 14, 1947 -

Nancy Dean Brown

February 19, 1947 -

Gary Wayne Templeton

March 7, 1948 -

Ricki Lynn (Templeton) Rawlins

February 19, 1952 -

Roger Mark Templeton

September 2, 1950 -

Douglas Vincent Templeton

October 15, 1954 -

Marina Dolores Fernadez

October 24, 1951 -

Karin K. Morris

June 30, 1953 -

Don Eric Templeton

November 9, 1952 -

Rebecca Alice Templeton

November 19, 1954 - 1976

Craig David Templeton

April 14, 1958 -

Debra Lynn Bartsch

July 5, 1960 -

Robert Louis Cunningham

January 6, 1961 -

Kelli Marie Mendenhall

May 16, 1960 -

Jami Lynn Templeton

September 24, 1970 -
Vance Nichols
March 6, 1968 -

Erin Michelle Templeton

November 14, 1974 -

Brad Whaley

Ariel Marie Templeton

24 Feb 1981 -

Lindsay Hall Templeton

3 May 1986 -

Cory Moore Templeton

December 7, 1987 -

Monique Sharleen Cunningham

April 25, 1984 -

Sean Alan Cunningham

August 26, 1985 -

Payton Lynn Templeton

July 23, 1996 -
   

2000s

 

Hannah Lynn Templeton

February 9, 2003

 

OK! Now, I'm looking forward to your submission to fill in the family story with the biographies that only you can write!

Thank you,

Roger

 

 

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