Greeting from Florida, Thanks for those kind words! Sit tight, I have some books coming on inter Library loan, I'll have some Greene County soon! Take Care, and thanks again, it made my day! Lora

Just a line to let you know that I have recently posted the listing for the Clear Creek Cemetery in Huntington County, Indiana. This listing includes photos of all headstones that are available. There are some burials listed that no longer have headstones but are not forgotten. Click on the following URL to view, or if it is not clickable copy and paste. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~whumphrey/clearcreek_cemetery.h tml Today is a Gift --that is why it is called the Present. G. Wayne Humphrey mailto:whumphrey@usa.net web page: Humphrey - McClure Connection http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~whumphrey

Rootsweb is down for renovations to it's server for awhile -all this weekend. Hope it's back soon.... Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Ellis" <rellis@ncci.net> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Brick Wall Site?? > An address for "Brick Wall" that came across is > www.rootsweb.com/~inmstwnt/index.htm, if it is correct. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Applejack2@webtv.net> > To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:58 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Brick Wall Site?? > > > > There is a Brickwall List, its address is on Egroups.com or you can get > > to it by way of Yahoo. Anne > > > > > > ============================== > > 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists > > http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ > > > > > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

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McCLURE, TRUMBULL, YERKES, GRUBBS, WALKER, PATTERSON Looking for ancestors and siblings of William C. MCCLURE, born in Ulster, Ireland in 1777 (according to family info) and died in Indiana in 1871 (buried in Gibson Cemetery, Bright, Dearborn Co. IN). He married Eliza TRUMBULL June 1, 1826. They had seven children before she died in 1838. He then married Janetta KIRK who had 2 daughters of her own before the marriage. William McCLURE’s mother was possibly Elizabeth McCLURE (1745-1828) and siblings may possibly be: John, James, Hugh, Rebecca, David and Mary. William and Eliza’s children were: Elizabeth (m. John Henry YERKES), James Simpson (d. young), Oliver (d. young), William S. (m. Susan GRUBBS), Charles A., Samuel (d. young) Samuel, Thomas Jefferson (m. Ann Hagerman WALKER), Martha J. (m. PATTERSON Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to: J4777EA@aol.com Jack, Indianapolis Researching: ALEXANDER, EATON, INGLEFIELD, LYMAN, McCLURE, STRYKEN, TRUMBULL, WILLIAMS

Hi List, James Mowery/Mowry/Mowre was born 1826 in Kentucky. He died June 2, 1864 in Rock Island, Illinois (Union soldier--37th Regiment, Iowa Infantry) and is buried in Davis CO. IA. He married Margaret Ann Henderson (born 1831 in Decatur CO. Indiana) ca. 1847 in Iowa (maybe Illinois?). James and Margaret had children: William, John, Catherine, Amanda, Mary Lucinda, George, and Martha (b. 1861 in Davis Co. IA d. 1936 in Perry CO. IL). Family lived in Davis, Van Buren, Wapello, Jefferson, and Appanoosa Counties, Iowa from 1850s to today. Who are Margaret Henderson's parents? Are they an Alexander and Sarah Henderson? And, who are the parents of James Mowre? There is a John Mowery listed in the Decatur CO. Indiana federal census in 1830. Did this John Mowery come from Kentucky??? Thanks, Nancy Helvey

An address for "Brick Wall" that came across is www.rootsweb.com/~inmstwnt/index.htm, if it is correct. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Applejack2@webtv.net> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Brick Wall Site?? > There is a Brickwall List, its address is on Egroups.com or you can get > to it by way of Yahoo. Anne > > > ============================== > 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists > http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ > >

We must be talking about two different Brickwall, I'm talking about the list "Brickwall" which you can get to by Egroups.com or Yahoo.com. I'm the "owner". Anne

To Tdeford, While you were down you may have missed my posting for researching IN marriages from 1800-1900 (even tho it says 1800-1850). So this might help in your marriage search. I found my Bailey/Reed there. Good Luck www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html Regards, Diana Chapman Owen Tdeford6@cs.com wrote: > Hi, I'm back, with a new computer, and the time to help you in the Indiana's > research I'm close to the State Library with the information there. they have > records of Revolution pension, some counties have marriages, sometimes on the > certificate up until the late 1800's, then some after that have information > on the records, and they have all the information, on them, place of birth > for them and there parents, place were the parents are living at this time. > They are all on microfilm, but some counties won't let them be copied, and > some of the counties had fires so lost a lot of records. If you need > something please e-mail me personally, and I will let you know the cost of > this service, I've helped many on this site already. I have been looking for > my line of Brady and Jenkins in Indiana and found them IN Clarkson and Clay, > Monroe counties. I am looking for Levi Brady who married Sarah Ellen (or > Helen) (Jenkins) you know how the census writers put information that they > thought was the correct spellings. Levi and Ellen were in the Clarkson area > of IN, in 1850 , then the 1860 in KY, and 1870 in KY, in 1900 and 1910 back > in Clarkson, IN. In the KY census she went by Sarah and IN Ellen. > If you have already ask me to help you please write to my new mail on > compuserve. I LOST A LOT OF E-MAIL WHILE I Was down for a Month to 6 weeks. > > Teddy > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Hi, I'm back, with a new computer, and the time to help you in the Indiana's research I'm close to the State Library with the information there. they have records of Revolution pension, some counties have marriages, sometimes on the certificate up until the late 1800's, then some after that have information on the records, and they have all the information, on them, place of birth for them and there parents, place were the parents are living at this time. They are all on microfilm, but some counties won't let them be copied, and some of the counties had fires so lost a lot of records. If you need something please e-mail me personally, and I will let you know the cost of this service, I've helped many on this site already. I have been looking for my line of Brady and Jenkins in Indiana and found them IN Clarkson and Clay, Monroe counties. I am looking for Levi Brady who married Sarah Ellen (or Helen) (Jenkins) you know how the census writers put information that they thought was the correct spellings. Levi and Ellen were in the Clarkson area of IN, in 1850 , then the 1860 in KY, and 1870 in KY, in 1900 and 1910 back in Clarkson, IN. In the KY census she went by Sarah and IN Ellen. If you have already ask me to help you please write to my new mail on compuserve. I LOST A LOT OF E-MAIL WHILE I Was down for a Month to 6 weeks. Teddy

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Dear Lora, I don't know how I got Ohio when I realize that you have been doing these biographys for Indiana and always wished that you were doing these for Fountain County instead. I can't even blame it on a "senior moment" as I'm only 49. But anyway, I do realize the work and commentment you have put into sharing all of this wonderful information. Marie C ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lora1957@aol.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:55 PM Subject: [INDIANA] Bussel, Morgan, Furry, McMillin, Ash, McCormick, > History Of Rush County Indiana > Brant & Fuller Chicago > 1888 > > Page 768, 769 > > Surnames in this biography are: Bussel, Morgan, Furry, McMillin, Ash, > McCormick, > > JAMES BUSSEL, one of the prominent pioneers of Union Township, is a native of > Green County, Ohio, where he was born February 4 1820. His parents were > Samuel and Sarah (Morgan) Bussel. The former was born in Northumberland > County, Pa, March 24, 1785, and was reared in that county. After maturity, he > emigrated to Green County, Ohio, and about 1810, was united in marriage with > Sarah Morgan, daughter of Jonathan Morgan, a native of Virginia. Sarah was > born in Virginia, on December 25, 1792, but her parents soon afterward > removed to Kentucky and thence to Green County, Ohio, and ended their days > near Bloomington, Ills. During the War of 1812, he served his country against > the British and fought principally against the Indians. In 1821, he resolved > to seek a home in the west, where land was cheap. Accordingly, in September > 1821, he came to Rush County, and Selected a wild tract of land in the > southeast quarter of Section 19, Union Township, where he erected a rude log > cabin, and returned to Ohio for his family. He spent a part of the winter in > Ohio, and on February 2, 1822, landed his family in his little cabin, which > was without a floor. Mr. Bussel set about to clear up a home, and for ten > years he lived upon this farm, when he removed to the farm where our subject > now resides; this was also a wild tract of land, and once more he started in > the forest. He built a hewed log house, which stands as a monument of pioneer > days. Here he and his loved companion resided until called to rest. The > former passed away February 23 1843, the latter June 2, 1871. They were > members of the Christian Church. James Bussel obtained but a limited > education, and at the age of twenty-one, he began to do for himself by > engaging in farming on the old home farm. After the death of his father, he > purchased eighty acres of the old homestead, on which his residence now > stands. In August, I843, he was married to Susannah, daughter of Michael and > Elizabeth Furry, old settlers of Union Township, now deceased. Mrs. Bussel > was born in Union Township in 1828, and was called away on September 7, 1844. > She was a member of the Christian Church. This union was blessed with a son, > Solomon, who died in infancy. Mr. Bussel was again married March 18, 1847, > his choice being Miss Elizabeth J. McMillin, daughter of John and Susan > McMillin, who were among the first settlers of this county. She was born in > this township on July 12, 1829, and departed this life November 29, 1858. She > was a member of the Christian Church. This union was blessed with four > children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Susan J., born > October 12, 1848; John T., born June 19, 1851; Sarah E., born December 29, > 1854; Jessie F., born October 14, 1857. On May 22, 1860, he was married to > Miss Margaret I. Ash; daughter of Elijah and Mary A. (McCormick) Ash the > former was a native of Virginia. Margaret was born in Shelby County, Indiana, > July 12, 1840. This union was blessed with two children: James A., born April > 18, 1861, and an infant unnamed, who was born July 7, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. > Bussel are members of the Christian Church, and have been with the church > forty-five years. Politically, he is a Republican, and firmly upholds the > principles of that party. He now owns one of the best-improved farms in the > township, consisting of 341 acres. > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

History Of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller Chicago 1888 Page 768, 769 Surnames in this biography are: Bussel, Morgan, Furry, McMillin, Ash, McCormick, JAMES BUSSEL, one of the prominent pioneers of Union Township, is a native of Green County, Ohio, where he was born February 4 1820. His parents were Samuel and Sarah (Morgan) Bussel. The former was born in Northumberland County, Pa, March 24, 1785, and was reared in that county. After maturity, he emigrated to Green County, Ohio, and about 1810, was united in marriage with Sarah Morgan, daughter of Jonathan Morgan, a native of Virginia. Sarah was born in Virginia, on December 25, 1792, but her parents soon afterward removed to Kentucky and thence to Green County, Ohio, and ended their days near Bloomington, Ills. During the War of 1812, he served his country against the British and fought principally against the Indians. In 1821, he resolved to seek a home in the west, where land was cheap. Accordingly, in September 1821, he came to Rush County, and Selected a wild tract of land in the southeast quarter of Section 19, Union Township, where he erected a rude log cabin, and returned to Ohio for his family. He spent a part of the winter in Ohio, and on February 2, 1822, landed his family in his little cabin, which was without a floor. Mr. Bussel set about to clear up a home, and for ten years he lived upon this farm, when he removed to the farm where our subject now resides; this was also a wild tract of land, and once more he started in the forest. He built a hewed log house, which stands as a monument of pioneer days. Here he and his loved companion resided until called to rest. The former passed away February 23 1843, the latter June 2, 1871. They were members of the Christian Church. James Bussel obtained but a limited education, and at the age of twenty-one, he began to do for himself by engaging in farming on the old home farm. After the death of his father, he purchased eighty acres of the old homestead, on which his residence now stands. In August, I843, he was married to Susannah, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Furry, old settlers of Union Township, now deceased. Mrs. Bussel was born in Union Township in 1828, and was called away on September 7, 1844. She was a member of the Christian Church. This union was blessed with a son, Solomon, who died in infancy. Mr. Bussel was again married March 18, 1847, his choice being Miss Elizabeth J. McMillin, daughter of John and Susan McMillin, who were among the first settlers of this county. She was born in this township on July 12, 1829, and departed this life November 29, 1858. She was a member of the Christian Church. This union was blessed with four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Susan J., born October 12, 1848; John T., born June 19, 1851; Sarah E., born December 29, 1854; Jessie F., born October 14, 1857. On May 22, 1860, he was married to Miss Margaret I. Ash; daughter of Elijah and Mary A. (McCormick) Ash the former was a native of Virginia. Margaret was born in Shelby County, Indiana, July 12, 1840. This union was blessed with two children: James A., born April 18, 1861, and an infant unnamed, who was born July 7, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Bussel are members of the Christian Church, and have been with the church forty-five years. Politically, he is a Republican, and firmly upholds the principles of that party. He now owns one of the best-improved farms in the township, consisting of 341 acres.

History of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller Chicago 1888 Page 767, 768 Surnames in this biography are: Young, David, Smith, Innis, Cullen, Hinchman, GEORGE W. YOUNG, one of the leading members of the Rushville Bar, was born in Center Township, this County, January 29 1848. He was the son of James and Margaret (Davis) Young, the former a native of Oxford, Ohio, of English descent, and the latter a native of County Leitrim, Ireland, of Irish descent. His paternal grandparents were Andrew and Mary (Smith) Young, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. His maternal grandparents were George and Martha (Innis) Davis, natives of Ireland. Our subject was one often children, seven sons and three daughters, as follows: Robert, John V., Mary A., David, James S., George W. and Samuel H. (twins), William A., and two daughters that died in infancy, unnamed. Of those named Robert, John V., and Mary A., also died in infancy. Mr. Young was reared up on a farm in this county, and at the age of seventeen he took up the vocation of a teacher. At eighteen he entered the freshman class of the State University, and remained two years. He then taught school two years, after which he reviewed his studies at Spiceland Academy. After teaching one other term he entered upon the study of law, but resided upon a farm he had purchased in Center Township. He continued to study law and farm together for four years, when he became a resident of Rushville and soon afterward he was admitted to the Bar. He first entered the law office of Judge Cullen and Ben L. Smith, as a student. Three and one half years later he opened an office of his own. Two years later he became the partner of Judge Cullen in the practice of law, which partnership still exists. This dates from November 1885. He was married February 24, 1869, to Nancy Hinchman, daughter of Judge James Hinchmen, late of Union Township. She was born in that township, September 25, 1847. Three children have been born to them: lola M., born April 6, 1873; James V., born November 18, 1875, and Dellia, born November 18, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Presbyterian Church. The former is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, having reached the rank of Knight Templar. He is also a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and K. of P. orders, and in politics he is a pronounced Republican.

History of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller Chicago 1888 Page 782 Surnames in this biography are: Mauzey, Spivey, Lang, WILLIAM H. MAUZY was born in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana, March 10, 1848. His parents were William and Caroline Mauzy, the former of Bourbon County, Ky., and the latter of Pennsylvania. The former was among the early settlers of Noble Township, and at present is a resident of Rushville. Our subject was raised on the farm, and at the age of twenty he began for himself. In June, I871, he was married to Luella J. Spivey, daughter of John and Rhoda (Lang) Spivey, residents of Fayette County. They are members of the Christian Church. He is a member of Glenwood Lodge 569, I. 0. 0. F. He moved on the farm in 1873, where he now resides. Politically, he is a Republican.

COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County Indiana B.F. Bowen 1920 Surnames in this biography are: Baker, White, Barnard, Courtney, Branson, ISAAC W. BAKER. The estimable gentleman for whom this sketch is prepared was born in Liberty Township, Henry County. Indiana, on the 16th day of November, 1844, and is the son of Isaac N. and Jemimah (White) Baker, an outline of whose family history will be found elsewhere in these pages. In the common schools he acquired knowledge of the fundamental branches, reading, writing, arithmetic and perhaps some other studies, and when old enough to be of any service in the fields learned by actual experience the meaning of the various kinds of farm work. He was always of a practical turn of mind and did not at all shrink from manual labor. Even in his early boyhood he showed signs of thrift and industry that have characterized his later life and led to his success in the agricultural field. Mr. Baker remained on the home place in section 3, Liberty Township, until his twenty-second year when he went to Iowa and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture upon his own responsibility, continuing there for a period of two years. Not being satisfied to make that state his permanent home, he disposed of his interests there and, returning to Henry County, has resided here ever since. On the 26th day of August 1883, Mr. Baker and Miss Ella Barnard were united in marriage and for one year here after lived on a farm in Liberty Township, moving to the present home at the end of that time. Mr. Baker carries on general farming and by a careful rotation of crops maintains the fertility of his place, which produces generously all the grain, vegetable and fruit crops grown in this section of Indiana. He is a judicious agriculturist, plans his work systematically and by properly looking after every detail makes the farm produce considerably in excess of what is required to keep it in order and provide the family with countrymen, he devotes considerable attention to stock raising, which of recent years has become quite remunerative. Mr. Baker is a gentleman who possesses the esteem of his neighbors and fellow citizens and no one in the community stands higher as a public-spirited man of affairs. He is an uncompromising supporter of the Republican Party and has been a politician of considerable local repute, though never an office seeker. He is a member of the Red Men’s organization at New Lisbon, his wife belonging to Pocahontas Tribe, which meets at the same place. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a pleasant home and are well situated to enjoy the comforts and blessings of life, which their co-operative labors have earned. They move in respectable social circles, are popular with all who know them and their standing among the best people of the township in which they live has long been recognized and appreciated. They have one child, a son, Herman, who was born on the 15th of November 1885; he is an intelligent, well-educated young man, interested with his father in the work of the farm and gives promise of a useful career in the future. Mrs. Baker is the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Courtney) Barnard, the father a native New York and the mother born in Ohio. These parents came with their respective families to Henry County when young, met and married here and had eight children whose names are as follows: Richard, Jennie, William, Catherine, Alfred, Anna and Ella, twins, and one that died in infancy. By her Second marriage to Isaac Branson the mother had one child that died young. Mrs. Baker spent her childhood and youth in New Castle and was educated in the graded schools of that city. She is a lady of good mind and varied information, presides over her home with grace and dignity and heartily co-operates with her husband in all of his endeavors to promote their mutual interests.

COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County Indiana B.F. Bowen 1920 Pages 367, 368, 369 Surnames mentioned in this biography: Boor, Gisenger, Stewart, Axline, Roof, Powell, Ferrie, Morton, WILLIAM F. BOOR, M. D. The career of the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this biographical sketch is well worth perusal by the younger members of society in New Castle, and well deserves their emulation, as he has raised himself from the condition of a poor father less boy in the vale of indigence to the top most height that caps the pinnacles of competency, he being now president of the First National Bank at New Castle, Henry County, Indiana. William F. Boor was born in Perry County, Ohio, June 10. 1819, and is the sixth of seven children born to Nicholas and Rachael (Gisenger) Boor, who were of German descent. His father died when William F. was yet a child, and the latter was placed at farm work, interspersed with “striking” in his brother’s blacksmith shop when yet so young he had to stand on a block to swing the sledge. He had, however, most excellent teachers, though in primitive schools, one being Robert Stewart, whose efforts left a lasting impression upon the boy and did much to infuse him with the desire to be something more than then seemed possible. He was able to take charge of a school himself while yet young, and while teaching carried on his own studies with renewed vigor, becoming, in 1842 a student of medicine at Uniontown, Muskingum county. In June 1845, he came to Indiana on horseback, having heard much of the promise afforded by the newer country, and after finishing his medical studies he returned to Ohio and at Carlisle, Monroe County, soon had a good practice. One year later, however, having lost almost everything he had, except his horse, by fire, he again decided to come to Indiana, and in August 1846, reached Middletown, Henry County. He soon built up a lucrative practice and felt himself competent to care for a wife. Returning to Ohio, he first married in Muskingum County, April 15, 1847 Miss Catherine E. Axline. In October 1852 Mr. Boor entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which institution he was graduated in March, 1853 with the degree of M. D., and resumed his practice, in which he there met with flattering success until 1858, when he came to New Castle, where his abilities were speedily recognized. In the meantime, however, his first wife was called away, in March 1852, previous to the Doctor’s graduation, leaving two children, one of whom died in infancy and the other grew to maturity. The second marriage of Dr. William F. Boor took place in New Castle April 1, 1857 to Miss Sarah A. R. Roof, who was born in New Castle January 28, 1838. She attended the school taught by the late Simon T. Powell and at the age of fourteen was able to pass the examination by James S. Ferrie and to assume charge of a school, and to the duties of teaching continued her efforts till her marriage. After spending one year upon a farm in Perry County, Ohio, Mr. And Mrs. Boor returned to New Castle where the Doctor resumed the practice of medicine, which he had found more conducive to his own happiness than the more tedious work of conducting a farm. In 1862 Dr. Boor was appointed surgeon by Governor Morton of the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry ( Sol. Meredith’s Iron Brigade), then on the Potomac, which he declined on account of sickness in his family. Soon thereafter he accepted an appointment as surgeon of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry. In June 1863, he was promoted to brigade surgeon, though in the next November he resigned on account of his wife’s protracted illness. He again took up the profession in civil life and has kept himself abreast of the front rank of the profession. Dr. Boor was charter member of the Medical Society of 1856, finally known as the Henry County Medical Society, of which he is still a member. He is also a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association. In 1870 he was chosen a United States pension examiner, in which capacity he served seventeen years. He was also school trustee about twelve years and by appointment of the commissioners served about eighteen years as physician to the Henry county asylum for the poor. He is a charter member of the First National Bank of New Castle in which he served as director and vice-president for a number of years becoming its president in 1885. In this capacity he served until January 1, 1902, at which time he resigned on account of his advanced age, and his large farming and other interests requiring his attention. His wife has proven a most excellent companion and helpmate, their tastes running together and her business capacity having been thoroughly tried during the war when all matters of that nature devolved upon her. She is a close student of the best literature, having a most carefully selected and rare collection of the choicest works of the world’s authors. Her activity in the Christian church has placed her in such relation to the society that she is depended upon whenever any special work is to be done that demands the very best talent with in the church. Of the four children born to Dr. William F. Boor, two by each marriage, one died in infancy; of the eldest son. Dr. Walter Axline Boor, deceased, mention will be found elsewhere in this volume: Minnie L., the only daughter, died in her twenty-second year, and Orville L. is a well-known veterinary surgeon of Muncie, Indiana. In early life Dr. W. F. Boor was a strong Democrat, but on the repeal of the Missouri compromise abandoned the party. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, in which organization he has been an active member of good standing for more than fifty years and has several times represented his lodge in the grand lodge of the state. His religious devotions are paid at the Christian church.

COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County Indiana B.F. Bowen 1920 Page 362, 363,364, 365 Surnames in this biography are: Elliott, Hardee, Watkins, Swain, Cooper, Wilhoit, Terhune, Hazard, Corwin, Cooper, Van Matre, Wisehart, Hendricks, Voorhees, Turpie, Morton, Thurston, Theme NIMROD RICHARD ELLIOTT This highly respected and eminent resident of Mechanicsburg and president of the Farmers Bank at Middletown, Henry County, Indiana, was born in Perquimans County, North Carolina, May 4, 1827, and is a son of Ephraim B. and Eliza (Hardee) Elliott, the former also a native of Perquimans county, born in 1782, and the latter a native of Georgia. Both were of Scotch-Irish descent, of the Quaker faith and were married in North Carolina in 1820. Of five brothers of the Elliott family who had resided in England and who came to America from that country in the Colonial days one settled in North Carolina; one in Virginia and one in Kentucky; the others in all probability returned to England. Ephraim B. Elliott was a true American patriot and a lover of liberty and enlisted for the war of 1812 in defense of the rights of the Union against the encroachments of the British king and parliament, but as he had met with an accident in which one of his legs was broken, he was not placed upon active service. His financial circumstances were not very satisfactory in their character and to remedy the paucity of his purse he resorted to school teaching and at the same time read law. In 1829 he came to Indiana and first located in Wayne County in the fall of 1833, a year remarkable for a meteoric shower of unusual brilliancy. Later he came to Henry County and settled in Fall Creek Township, his son, Giles C., having preceded him in 1831. Nimrod R. Had also preceded his father earlier in the fall of 1833 and made his home with the wife of his elder brother, Giles C., while the latter was making the necessary trips to bring the family and their household goods, farm implements, etc. Giles C. Elliott erected a log cabin three miles southeast of Mechanicsburg on heavily wooded land, east of which Ephraim B. had already cleared up three or four acres. Some little time afterward, after having cleared up about twenty acres and made a small farm, he bought a new place in the woods and began all over again. On this place he passed the remainder of his life and died in 1859 when seventy-seven years old; his widow survived him until 1862 and died at about the same age. Ephraim B. Elliott kept up his interest in schoolwork, his earliest employment, until the last hours of his life. There was but one schoolhouse within five miles of his farm, and that was at Middletown. He therefore donated from his forty-acre tract a quarter-acre lot, upon which a log building was erected, and this is still known as the Elliott School house. It had a puncheon floor, slabs set on pegs served for desks and seats, one log removed from the wall formed an aperture which was denominated a window and this was covered with greased paper in lieu of glass. The first pedagogue was a Mr. Watkins, an old man from Virginia, who chewed an immense quantity of tobacco and constantly expectorated on the hot stove. He could barely add and subtract and would dash his whip on the floor and tell the pupils with in difference to get their own lessons. Ephraim B. Elliott was compelled to cipher out the more difficult problems, and, being a splendid penman, devoted much time to teaching his son, Nimrod R., this elegant accomplishment. He was very anxious that Dick, as Nimrod R was usually called, should be well educated and was willing to spend his last dollar to attain this end. Dick was accordingly sent to school at Greensboro, where in due time he secured a license to teach for two terms, one of these being for the school held in the Huff meeting house in the winter of 1850, the largest in the township and having an average attendance of forty pupils. In 1851 Nimrod R. Elliott began to sell goods in Mechanicsburg, a business he followed for over forty-three years, and also had interests in stores at Cadiz and Middletown. Mr. Elliott started with a capital amounting to about three hundred and twenty-five dollars, borrowed one hundred and fifty dollars and of this total invested four hundred dollars in stock. During his long career as a merchant in Mechanicsburg he occupied only one site, but at different times used three buildings, one, a frame, being destroyed by fire in 1863; this was replaced by a frame and later by a brick in 1866, which is still standing. Mr. Elliott carried a stock of from five thousand dollars to fifteen thousand dollars and his annual sales averaged fifteen thousand dollars to forty thousand dollars. Mr. Elliott had several partners at different times, but started trade alone. His first associate was Ezra Swain, for ten years; his second, Elihu Swain, for twelve years, and next with Imla W. Cooper for twenty years as salesman and partner. Finally the firm consisted of himself alone. Whenever he made money Mr. Elliott would invest all his profit in real estate, and whenever he saw anything at all that promised to net him a dollar he would buy it. He carried on a long credit trade, but he could also buy on four and six month’s time. Mr. Elliott did all the buying and four times a year-visited Cincinnati on horseback. Cambridge City was his nearest trading point by canal and his first stopping place on the railroad was Chesterfield, on what is now known as the Bellefontaine railroad, and goods were brought to the village with four-horse teams. As he held the confidence of the people in a very large degree, he frequently had during the Civil war as much as twenty-five thousand dollars at a time in his safe in keeping for his neighbors. He did by far the largest mercantile business in the township and retired there from February 16, 1895. He next began to invest in farmlands, although he had already much of that class of property in his possession. In partnership with another person, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres adjoining the town of Mechanicsburg at thirty-five dollars per acre, but soon afterward offered this partner five hundred dollars to take it off his hands, but this the latter declined to do. So Mr. Elliott put it under cultivation and has converted it into one of the most profitable places of its size in the township. He also owns the homestead of his late father, his possessions being in tracts of one hundred and ninety, four hundred, one hundred and ninety acres, or a grand total of nearly seven hundred and eighty acres. He paid as high as seventy dollars per acre for a one-hundred-and-sixty-acre tract just after the close of the Civil War part of which he sold for one hundred and sixteen dollars per acre; but while he has bought as low thirty-five dollars per acre, the average cost has been fifty or fifty five dollars per acre. He generally keeps from sixty to seventy-five head of cattle, mostly thoroughbred, and although he has been president of the Middletown Fair Association for sixteen years, had never made an exhibit. He and Thomas Wilhoit were the founders of the association and respectively hold the offices of president and vice-president at the present time. Mr. Elliott has also done something in the way of pork-packing at Middletown, but the result has not been altogether satisfactory to a man of his business acumen. Mr. Elliott has always been an advocate of good roads, as being of incalculable value to farmers and other citizens. He was president of the first pike road company at Middletown and of others at Mechanicsburg, until all the pikes were turned over to the county; he is now aiding in the promotion of the interurban electric line. In Company with John Terhune and George Hazard, in 1874 Mr. Elliott started the Farmers Bank at Middletown, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars. This bank carried on business for ten months, when it was sold to a company at Anderson and was organized as the Farmers Bank of Anderson, with Mr. Terhune as cashier, John E. Corwin as president and Mr. Elliott as vice-president, with the capital stock fixed at one hundred thousand dollars. It was run for four years and then converted into a national bank with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. At the end of the four years Mr. Elliott sold his stock in this bank and organized the present Farmers Bank of Middletown in May, 1882, with a capital of thirty thousand dollars, and officered as follows: N. R. Elliott, president: Thomas Wilhoit, vice-president; E. L Elliott, cashier; B. H. Davis assistant cashier, with I.W. Cooper, William Wisehart and Thomas Wilhoit as additional stockholders. The capital stock still remains the same; the deposits average one hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars and the earnings or surplus is disposed of, as the laws require. The present officers of the bank are N. R. Elliott, president: Adolph Cooper, vice-president, E. L. Elliott, cashier, and Joseph Van Matre, assistant cashier, and the bank stands as one of the most responsible moneyed institutions in the state of Indiana. Mr. Elliott was also for a time a stockholder in the Hagerstown Bank, but concluded to concentrate his financial interests in Middletown, where he has been an earnest and liberal promoter of all its industries. In politics Mr. Elliott has always been a stanch Democrat, having been even when a boy inimical to the Whig doctrine of protection or high tariff imposts. In 1884 he was a presidential elector from the sixth congressional district and was alternate at the national convention. He attended all the national conventions, both Democratic and Republican, for twenty years with the exception of the last few. Always in the councils of his party’s leaders, Mr. Elliott was an intimate friend of Thomas A. Hendricks and. was a delegate to the state convention when that distinguished Democratic states man refused to accept a nomination for the office of governor and was likewise a member of the committee appointed to call on Hendricks and urge him to accept which the latter did finally and was elected. Mr. Elliott was also quite intimate with Senators Voorhees and Turpie and a close friend of Governor Morton. In his prime he was selected by the Democratic managers as a leading speaker, and his extraordinary eloquence never failed to draw about him immense audiences and to strengthen the weak-kneed and convince the doubting. In religion Mr. Elliott is a Universalist, but freely contributes to the support of all religious societies. Of secret orders he is not a member of any except the Masonic. He was made a Mason in 1852 at Middletown and is a charter member of the local lodge, which was organized in 1858 and of which he was the first worshipful master, holding this exalted position sixteen years. He has sat in the grand lodge and has done some committee work therein, but has refused to take grand lodge work proper. He is a member of New Castle Chapter, Royal Arch. and Knightstown Commandery, Knights Templar. He attended the national conclaves at Cleveland, Chicago. St. Louis, Washington, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Louisville, and at the latter city in 1901was in the march from start to finish. Mr. Elliott is a member of the Eastern Star branch of the order at Middletown, as is also his wife. During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Elliott was a loyal and devoted friend of the Union and aided in raising all die military companies in Henry County. He was constant and untiring in his care of the families of many of the soldiers who went to the front and expended more money in this and other ways than will ever be known. In temperance work Mr. Elliott has been active and ardent all his life and was identified with it as far back as the early Washington movement; in public educational matters he favors compulsion when necessary. Nimrod R. Elliott has a family of two children. Ida Florence and Erasmus Leonidas. Of these Ida Florence is the wife of J. M. Thurston, M. D., of Richmond, Indiana and a professor in the Physio-Medical College at Indianapolis: she finished her education in the New Castle Academy, was married young and has one daughter, Eva, who is the wife of Hugo Theme, professor of languages at the University of Michigan. Erasmus Leonidas Elliott, now the cashier of the Farmers Bank at Middletown, was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, is a Republican in politics and has served two terms in the state legislature of Indiana.

COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County Indiana B.F. Bowen 1920 Surnames in this biography are: Holland, Ramsey, Murphy JOSHUA HOLLAND Joshua Holland and his wife, Nancy (Ramsey) Holland, both deceased, late of New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, were highly respected residents of this city and in their removal Henry County lost a couple who in every walk in life exemplified the teachings of the man of Nazareth and who shed an influence for better living which is still potent and far-reaching. This worthy couple were both reared in this county and for several years Mr. Holland was engaged in the dry goods trade here. He was very successful in his business operations and occupied an enviable position in commercial circles. He took a keen interest in public affairs and as proof of the high esteem in which he was held he was elected to the responsible position of commissioner of the county. During his occupancy of the office he had the books of the county officials examined, a proceeding, which disclosed a good deal of rottenness. He was too honest and straightforward to connive at anything that was not perfectly unquestionable, and one result was his failure of re-election. From that time on he lived a retired life and survived all his children His children were all given good educations and were graduates of the different institutions which they attended, but all died in early life. The subject’s only grandchild, Florence (better known as Toosey) Murphy a daughter of William Murphy, of crown. Point, was a student at Oxford, Ohio, at the time of death. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Holland was during their lives one of the most popular homes in the city and was the scene of many happy occasions. Mrs. Holland lived here for some time after the death of her husband, and at her death the palatial home was donated to the city to be used as a home for old ladies. For various reasons, however, it has never been converted to this use. This building is located on west Broad Street and is admirably situated for the purpose intended. Mrs. Holland was one of those beautiful, religious and home loving women whose beautiful influence was felt not only in the home, but throughout the community. Her life was but the reflection of her beautiful character. She was ever ready to advocate any measure, which would elevate the moral, social and religious sentiment of the community, and she will ever be remembered as a loving friend and mother

--part1_6e.811a9b9.27c973c9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Darlene, Here is a Clark Biography and I found 2 young biographies, I will type and=20 post today for you! =A0Hope this helps, if you need any more, just give me a= =20 shout. Surnames in this biography are: Roysdon, Clark, Bittner, Wandel, McBride,=20 Cohee, Bowen, Catharine Clark of Center Township, was born in Fayette County, Indiana;=20 October 1, 1825, being the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Roysdon)=20 Wandel, who were natives of Seneca County, N.Y; and Ashe County, North=20 Carolina; respectively, the former being born July 30, 1797, and the latter=20 being born January 11, 1802. He died December 16, 1854, and she died=20 September 20, 1849. Her paternal grandparents were George and Sarah Wandel,=20 and her maternal grandparents were Nathan and Nancy Roysdon, who were native= s=20 of North Carolina. When she was nine years old her parents removed to Rush=20 County, Indiana and settled upon the farm where Mrs. Clark now resides, her=20 father having entered land from the government. She grew up to woman-hood, a= t=20 the home of her parents, and was married to Wiley Clark, July 21, 1847. He=20 was born in Wilkes county, North Carolina; December 25, 1820, being the son=20 of Thomas and Elizabeth (McBride) Clark, where were natives of Maryland, and= =20 North Carolina respectively. His father was the son of John T. and Barbara=20 Clark. Mr. Wiley Clark was a farmer by occupation, which pursuit he followed= =20 in Center Township, until the time of his death, which occurred January 24,=20 1880. He was a Democrat in politics and was a member of the Christian Church= .=20 Mrs. Clark's parents came to Wayne County, Indiana, in 1815, whence after a=20 five-year residence they entered land in Center Township, where both spent=20 the rest of their lives. Her grandparents, George and Sarah Wandel, settled=20 in Franklin County, Indiana, the former was born in May 1770, and died=20 February 11, 1817; the latter was born March 14, 1777, and died May 27, 1845= .=20 Mrs. Clark is the mother of seven children, only three of whom are living.=20 Their names and ages are, Amanda F; born May 13, 1848, died May 30, 1883;=20 Stephen A; born January 12, 1852; Albert N, born March 4, 1856, died April=20 27, 1857; John L, born July 20, 1860; George B, born June 25, 1864, and two=20 sons that died in infancy unnamed. Mrs. Clark is a member of the Christian=20 Church. She has a farm of eighty-three acres and a comfortable home, where=20 she resides in a pleasant way. October 19, 1871 Amanda F was married to=20 Samuel Cohee, and became the mother of three children: Bertie N; Wiley E; an= d=20 Marple P; of whom only the oldest is living. Stephen A. was married October=20 26, 1871, to Orpha Bowen, by whom he has one child, Pearl I; born April 29,=20 1878; John L, was married September 13, 1883, to Mary C. Bitner, by whom he=20 has two children: Alta Doy, born March 8, 1885, and Bertha E; born March 4,=20 1887. George B. was married