Chronology of George E. Holeton

Here is a rough draft of what I know regarding George E. Holeton:

Year	Age	Location	Event	Source
1847	0	West Milton, Ohio	Birth	1850 Census,
1849	2	Union, Mercer, Ohio	Sister Malinda born	1850 Census
1850	3	Union, Mercer, Ohio	Census,	1850 Census
1851	4	Laramie Twnship, Shelby, Ohio	Brother Alfred born	1860 Census
1853	6	Laramie Twnship, Shelby, Ohio	Sister Samantha born	1860 Census
1856	9	Laramie Twnship, Shelby, Ohio	Brother William born	1860 Census
1860	13	Laramie Twnship, Shelby, Ohio	Census-family together	1860 Census
1864	17	, Miami, Ohio	Guardian appointment/father dec'd	Probate & Court records
1870	23
1872	25	, Jennings, Indiana	Married Rebecca Partlow	Marriage records
1874	27	North Vernon, Jennings, Indiana	Son:  Alfred bn	Census Records
1876	29	North Vernon, Jennings, Indiana	Dtr:  Annie bn	Census Records
1879	31	North Vernon, Jennings, Indiana	Son: William bn	Census Records
1880	33	North Vernon, Jennings, Indiana	Census, - living solo- Rebecca living with 3 kids	1880 Census
	33	North Vernon, Jennings, Indiana	Dtr:  Carrie May bn	Children's Home Records
1884	37		Son: John bn	Children's Home Records
1886	39	Miami, Ohio	Abandoned family-kids in orphanage	Children's Home Records
1887	40	Hamilton Indiana	Quaker Transfer from:  Hamilton Ind	Quaker-Ohio Monthly Meeting
		Union, Miami, Ohio (?)	To: West Branch, Miami, Ohio or Hamilton Indiana
1888	41		Son:  Augustus Squire bn	Children's Home Records
1888	41		Son: Wm F. adm Alfred D/C	Children's Home Records
1889	42		Son-John Adm Children's Home	Children's Home Records
1890	43
1893	46	Miami, Ohio	Augustus placed in Children's Home	Children's Home Records
1894	47		Carrie, Annie  D/C	Children's Home Records
1895	48		D/C from Ch Home:  Wm F.;	Children's Home Records
1900	53		Aug. D/C	Children's Home Records
1903	56		Dtr Carrie Married	Marriage records
1910	63
1920	73
1921	74		Alfred marries Laura	Marriage Records
1924	77		Son:  William F. dies	Death Certificate
1928	81	Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana	Death	Death Certificate

A picture of the orphanage can be found here:

http://www.thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/images/KnoopsChildrenHome/childrenshome.jpg


There are still some gaps, especially in the Census records, but at this point, I'm guessing that once he abandoned his family, he wandered.  The potential Quaker involvement is an interesting area to explore.  Once he left his family, Rebecca did remarry James Long and had three more children.