Oscar Harrell sent me information on Robeson County Swamp/Branch in a file that I cannot open. Please contact me directly and let me know what information was contained in the file. John

BOOTH, Ann m. A. Pinckney STARNES - Mar. 23, 1844 <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~tntipton/brides.htm">Tipton County,Tennessee Marriages</A> OR http://www.rootsweb.com/~tntipton/brides.htm JOY

Looking for information on Margaret McLean {b. 1755 d. 1850} w/o John McLean. She was also a McLean but not related to John. She had a daughter also named Margaret who married a McPhaul. Her husband John's father is listed as Chief Donald McLean of the McLean clan. His mother was a Cameron but it doesnt list her or her parents name.They were supposed to have come over soon after the Battle of Cullodin. Thanks in advance for any help on this brick wall. Ellen in Fla

Listings of burials in McLean Church Cemetery of Richmond County are posted to http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/mcleancem.htm. Thanks, Myrtle

RE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From: Dale W Burriss [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NCROOTS] missing messages > >I seem to be getting quiet a few emails with out any message. >Is any one else having this problem. > >Dale Burriss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi all If you do happen to get an e-mail, where a _ precedes the sender's e-mail address, don't open it -- delete it immediately. I read in one place that the virus is one that is activated simply by opening the e-mail.. PLEASE NOTE, besides being a requirement of rootsweb, I'm sending all my Email out in PLAIN TEXT . . . For a little while, please do this, and we'll all be much happier! I've recently been inundated with LOTS of this BadTrans virus.. FORTUNATELY . . . I keep my NORTON 2001 UPDATED almost daily!!! I honestly don't know if I've received anything unsolicited from anyone . . . as my NORTON 2001 always notifies me of the virus "problem", and I always tell it to DELETE the infection.. ERGO . . . I don't ever see the whole problem. < GRIN > ANYWAY, I use these sites, and it took me a moment to re-locate them to share with you, so here they are: Free Online Virus Scanner: http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/ This will send you an Email, letting you know if you're clean or if you've contracted a virus, and what to do about it.. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5..... Be Sure You Have This Patch: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp Viruses, Trojans and Worms: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html Happy Emailing Everyone! Lisa Grimes ...... NEW EMAIL ADDY: [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/scot_belle/kcks001.htm NOTE: My Email link is still to the OLD Email addy.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STOP SPREADING VIRUSES and WORMS - KEEP YOUR ANTI-VIRUS UP TO DATE! CLEAN UP YOUR COMPUTERS - OUR DATA & DISCUSSION GROUPS ARE AT RISK! ___________________________

Yes, I'm getting several messages with no obvious message, just a little grayed-out box in the message portion. Is this the worm people are talking about? Lois ---------- >From: Dale W Burriss <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NCROOTS] missing messages >Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2001, 11:50 PM > > I seem to be getting quiet a few emails with out any message. Is any > one else having this problem. > > Dale Burriss > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NC Military Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmil/ >

I seem to be getting quiet a few emails with out any message. Is any one else having this problem. Dale Burriss

I have a genealogy poser that is a real lulu! If you can help, I would love to hear from you. Margaret H. SMITH (maiden name I think) born December 1846 in North Carolina (county unknown) Margaret married Unknown SHEPARD (born NC) before 1867. Child Maggie born about 1867 in NC. Mr. Shepard died or divorced. Margaret married Unknown THOMAS (born NC) before 1874. Child Minnie born in IL about 1874. Child Andrew born March 1876 in MO. Unknown Thomas died or divorced. Margaret married Greenberry Parker (born 1825 KY) Nov 1878 in Missouri. She spent the rest of her life with him and died about 1932 or so in Cass Co., MO. After all of that, my long shot question is: Does anyone out there recognize any of the information pertaining to North Carolina? I am trying to locate the county of birth for Margaret and maybe anything on Mr. Shepard or Mr. Thomas. Thanks for taking time to read this message. Hope to hear from you. Arlene [email protected] ***** Never be afraid to try something new...... Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

Information is requested concerning applications or other related documents that would have been filed for land grants that were issued by the State of North Carolina for services provided by their citizens during either the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812. While the land grants are documented, the application, or related documents, necessary to file for such land cannot be found and there is virtually no information as to the availability of such documents. The particular area of interest concerns such land issued that is located the southern part of Tennessee. Typical land grants that were issued include: Grantee: John Cunningham Grant No. 19087 Grant date: 28 April 1823 File Loc.: Mt. Dist., Marion Co., TN, Book 7, page 287 Grantee: John Cunningham Grant No., 19052 Grant date: 28 April 1823 File Loc.: General Grants, Marion Co., Book X, page 76 Grantee: John Cunningham Grant No.: 22845 Grant date: 8 Dec 1824 File Loc.: Mt Dist., Marion Co., TN, Book 7, page 701 (This land grant, by number, is also filed: General Grants, Marion Co., TN, Book Y, page 862) Such information has the potential of being extremely important as the John Cunningham in question is my g-g-grandfather and none of his known descendants attempting to find his origin and ancestry have been successful in finding such information. There is hope that the applications filed for such land would give some insight as to his point of origin prior to his arrival in Marion Co., TN in ca. 1822. His father was killed during the Revolutionary War and he was of age to have served in the War of 1812. Would greatly appreciate information leading to finding the North Carolina land grant applications. Herb Cunningham [email protected]

At 8:35 PM 11/26/01, Teresa wrote: >This system may work on most worms and trojans, but the unique thing >about this latest bug, which is a new version of Badtrans, is that it >replies to unopened mail it finds in your mailbox, instead of just >going into the address book and starting at the A's like most of them >do. This means the subject of the infected letter will be re: + the >subject of the mail it replied to. It looks like perfectly legitimate >mail coming in from someone you know, and the attachment may have a >common extension like .txt or .doc, too, which makes it more likely to >be opened. Very sneaky. And that is why it is proliferating so fast. >Sometimes the attachment is just a blank page of a notepad file. The >email address of the sender will be changed to include an underscore >( _ ) at the front of it, so watch out for that, too. > > Teresa is correct, the latest version of Badtrans, as well as some of the older viruses or worms, may show up in your mailbox as a message from a fellow genealogist, and may have a subject line that looks like a genealogy message. Say you sent a message to NCROOTS with the subject line "SMITH family in NC". Jane Doe's infected computer gets your message on the NCROOTS list, and then replies to it, sending you the virus or worm, without her knowing about it, with the subject line Re: [NCROOTS] SMITH family in NC You'll think it's a legitimate response from Jane, whom you may or may not know. The subject line leads you to believe that the message is about genealogy, and may cause you to think that you got the message from this list. I just got a message on McAfee's virus alert system this morning, but it didn't deal specifically with the new form of Badtrans, whose hallmark is that address with the underscore: <[email protected]> rather than <[email protected]>. If and when I get that information, I'll make it available to anyone on this list who wants it. BUT - please contact me PRIVATELY for this information, so we don't get into a protracted discussion of viruses on the list. Also, I use a Macintosh and am therefore not affected from the current crop of viruses that work off Microsoft Outlook Express on PCs. If you're in doubt about a message you've received, especially if you think it came from this list, then send me (<[email protected]>) a copy of the whole message, including the headers. If someone on the list is infected, I'll contact him or her for you and forward instructions on virus removal. Elizabeth Harris NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://users.erols.com/fmoran/

I don't know if this is true or not, but it was suggested to me, I did it, and so far I have had no problems with any virus. The virus spreads through your address book. I was told to stop this do the following: Enter this in your address book: Under nickname enter A Worm Under first name enter !000 (This is an exclamation point and 3 0's Under address enter wormalert I am told this will stop the worm from getting into your address book and spreading a virus. I may not know what I am talking about but I did it and so far so good. Faye

Source: Unknown, I bought this book on Ebay it has no cover, and no index, but full of Indiana biographies. Typed by Lora Radiches. I am not researching this family. Surnames in this biography are: Jackson, Whitecotton, Cook, Hines, Troy, Harvey, Shull, Miller, Jones, OLIVER WILLIAM JACKSON, county superintendent of schools of Madison County, was a born and grew up in Hancock-County, and his first contact with education institutions was in a country school, and later he taught in a rural district for several years. He has had a wide and successful experience as an educator and is splendidly qualified for the duties and responsibilities of looking after the common school system of the county. Mr. Jackson was born on a farm in Green Township, Hancock County. The Jackson’s were pioneers of Indiana, his great-grandparents having come from North Carolina and after a few years of residence in Kentucky moved into the wilderness of Indiana. Mr. Jackson’s grandfather, Frederick Jackson, secured a tract of timbered land in Green Township, Hancock County, and his hard labor over a period of years resulted in a well-improved farm home. He acquired the land cheap and went through the pioneer hardships when it was necessary to haul all surplus products many miles to market. He died in 1864. His wife was Athiel Whitecotton. Francis Marion Jackson, father of Oliver William, was born on the old homestead in Green Township in 1843, and his early memories were likewise associated with pioneer conditions and with few of the comforts of our modern civilization. He helped clear new tracts of timber for cultivation, and was educated in some of the old-time log schoolhouses. In 1862, when he was nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company B of the Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry. He saw his first service in Kentucky, and later his regiment was moved into Missouri and assisted in driving General Price out of that state. There were also numerous skirmishes and fights with the bushwhackers of Missouri and Arkansas, and he also participated in the battle of Nashville, Tennessee, and was at Mobile, Alabama, when the war closed. At the close of the war he was granted an honorable discharge and returned home to engage in farming, which was his Occupation until late in years. He moved his home to Pendleton and lived retired until his death at the age of seventy-eight. He married Lucinda Cook, who was born in Green Township, Hancock County, daughter of William and Barbara (Hines) Cook, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. The Cook families were early settlers in Rush County, Indiana, and later moved to Hancock County. Mrs. Lucinda Jackson also attained the age of seventy-eight. She was the mother of four children, Oliver W., Frederick E., Minnie M., who married Walter A. Troy, and Charles Harvey. Oliver William Jackson has always been grateful for having grown up on a farm, where there were chores and a busy routine of duties that engaged all his active time when not in school. After completing the course of the local public schools he secured a license and taught in country districts. From his earnings as a teacher he paid his way through Indiana University, being graduated in 1905. For one year following his graduation he was superintendent of schools at North Judson and then became superintendent of schools at McCordville, where he remained until 1912. From that time until 1918, he was superintendent of schools at Eden, Hancock County, and then for a period of about ten years was engaged in farming. Mr. Jackson for a number of years has owned a farm in Fall Creek Township, and in the intervals of his educational work has given it his superintendence. He is a member of the Christian Church, a Republican in politics, and is affiliated with Eden Lodge No. 477, A. F. and A. M., and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason Mr. Jackson married, in 1891, Miss Stella Shull, also a native of Green Township and daughter of Azel J. and Nancy (Miller) Shull. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson’s only child, Marcus, was a student in Purdue University when the United States entered the Great War. He at once left his books and studies to enlist and was assigned to the Twenty-third Engineer Corps. With this outfit he went overseas, participated in the Saint Mihiel drive, and was on duty at other points along the western front until returned home in June, 1919. He is now engaged in farming. Marcus Jackson married Bessie Jones, daughter of Philip and Sarah Jones, of Pendleton, Indiana.

Thanks, Faye. This system may work on most worms and trojans, but the unique thing about this latest bug, which is a new version of Badtrans, is that it replies to unopened mail it finds in your mailbox, instead of just going into the address book and starting at the A's like most of them do. This means the subject of the infected letter will be re: + the subject of the mail it replied to. It looks like perfectly legitimate mail coming in from someone you know, and the attachment may have a common extension like .txt or .doc, too, which makes it more likely to be opened. Very sneaky. And that is why it is proliferating so fast. Sometimes the attachment is just a blank page of a notepad file. The email address of the sender will be changed to include an underscore ( _ ) at the front of it, so watch out for that, too. Teresa Hostess: http://GenNetwork.org Family pages and databases: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~terishands http://www.skipworthcousins.ourfamily.com http://www.gencircles.com/users/tshan/1 http://terisha4.tripod.com/colliergensite/ ----- Original Message ----- From: FLD <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:10 PM Subject: [NCROOTS] Stop Worms?? I don't know if this is true or not, but it was suggested to me, I did it, and so far I have had no problems with any virus. The virus spreads through your address book. I was told to stop this do the following: Enter this in your address book: Under nickname enter A Worm Under first name enter !000 (This is an exclamation point and 3 0's Under address enter wormalert I am told this will stop the worm from getting into your address book and spreading a virus. I may not know what I am talking about but I did it and so far so good. Faye ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] (or [email protected] for digest mode" Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also.

Source: Unknown, I bought this book on Ebay it has no cover, and no index, but full of Indiana biographies. Typed by Lora Radiches. I am not researching this family. Surnames in this biography are: Beck, McCleary, Patty, Cook, Cokayne, Raper, Unfank, Schoenta, McIntyre CHARLES BENTON BECK, A former postmaster of the City of Richmond, Wayne County, where he is now a successful exponent of the real estate business, is a scion of the third generation of the Beck family in Indiana, where his paternal grandparents, Andrew and Julia (McCleary) Beck, settled In Carroll County in the year 1832, the former having been born near Greenbrier, Virginia, in what is now McDowell County, West Virginia, and the latter having been born near Frankfort, Kentucky. Andrew Beck obtained a large tract of land in Carroll County, and in addition to developing a productive farm estate he also functioned as one of the pioneer blacksmiths of that section of the state. Charles B. Beck was born in Carroll County, Indiana, June 18, 1861, and is a son of Jacob E. and Hannah (Patty) Beck, the former of whom was born in that county and the latter of whom was born in the Somerville community of Butler County, Ohio, whence her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Patty came to Carroll County, Indiana, about the year 1842, Isaac Patty having been born In North Carolina and his wife, whose family name was Cook, having been born in Butler County, Ohio. An interesting historical note is sounded in the statement that the paternal grandfather, Andrew Beck, as a skilled mechanic, used his blacksmithing ability in manufacturing innumerable cowbells in the pioneer days, these bells having been much in demand and he having supplied that demand over a wide area in Carroll and neighboring counties. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E. Beck settled on a farm in Carroll County, and eventually they removed to Case County, where they passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Beck having died in 1914. Charles B. Beck duly profited by the advantages of the public schools of Carroll and Case counties At the of seventeen years he initiated his successful record as a teacher in the schools, and he continued to be thus engaged until 1895. From that year until July, 1914 he was a traveling commercial salesman, with residence and headquarters in the City of Richmond, and in July, 1914, he initiated his characteristically efficient administration as postmaster of Richmond, an office of which he continued the incumbent eight years and four months. During the ensuing eighteen months he here gave his attention to the real estate loan business, and he then expanded his operations by engaging in the general real estate and insurance business, of which he has since continued a successful exponent. He has membership in the National, the Indiana and the local real estate boards, his political allegiance is given to the Democratic Party, and his influence in political affairs is indicated by his having served as a member of the Indiana state central committee of his party. He has been a member of the Richmond board of education since August, 1927, and has maintained membership in the Travelers Protective Association since 1904. He and his wife are members of the Christian Science Church in their home city. The year 1884 recorded the marriage of Mr. Beck to Miss Inez L. Cokayne, who was born in Clinton County, Indiana, a daughter of William and Esther (Raper) Cokayne, who were born in Wayne County, this state, Joseph and Elizabeth (Unfank) Cokayne, paternal grandparents of Mrs. Beck, came from their native North Carolina to Wayne County in the first or early second decade of the nineteenth century, in 1810 or 1812, and thus were numbered among the very early settlers in the county. The maternal grandparents, William and Eliza Raper, likewise came from North Carolina and gained pioneer precedence in Wayne County. Clyde B. eldest of the children of Mr. And Mrs. Beck, has made a notable record as a writer and literary critic, and as such is now associated in an editorial capacity with the Detroit News a leading paper in the Michigan metropolis. Rolla is a valued executive in the mercantile establishment of Louis Sacks in the City of Birmingham, Alabama. Julia Grace is the wife of Lester H. Schoental, a traveling salesman and a designer of lighting fixtures, and they maintain their home in Richmond. Mrs. Esther Beck McIntyre, the younger daughter, is club editor on the Detroit News. Russell B. continues to reside in his native City of Richmond and is associated with his father’s business.

Does anyone on this list descend from these Elliots as mentioned in about the sixth line below? My Catherine Elliott was born in North Carolina in 1795. I do not know where she was from in North Carolina, but I believe her family to have been Scotch-Irish and Quaker. She was married in 1816 in Warren County Ohio and later moved to Clinton County Indiana. I believe that her father's name was Abraham and that her mother's name was Rachel. I have no real reason to believe that Catherine was from a Quaker family except that they were living in an area that was settled very heavily by Quakers in Ohio when she married Nehemiah McKinsey. Nehemiah was not Quaker. Marsha in WV [email protected] wrote: > > COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County Indiana  > B.F. Bowen  > 1920 > Page 362, 363,364, 365 > > 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. ......

I made an mistake in my typing, the first lines should read as follows: 1. William Hicks, b., 1725, Queens, NY +Mary Ann Meredith 2. William Hicks, Jr. +Elizabeth ann Tatum 3. John Tatum Hicks +Patsy Harrison Macon 4. James Hicks +Elizabeth ? 4. Sarah hicks 4. Harrison Hicks I think that gives something to go by for the corrections.

Correct or confirm please ! Partial information, more if requested. 1. William Hicks, b., 1725, Queens, NY +Mary Ann Meredith 2. William Hicks, Jr., b., ? Queens, NY>Granville, NC +Patsy Harrison Macon 3.James Hicks, b., 1803 3.Sarah Hicks, b., ? 3.Harrison Hicks, b., ? 3.Theresa Hicks, b., btn 1806-07 3.Thomas W. Hicks, b., ? 3.Elizabeth J. Hicks, b., ? + N. P. Carson, July 11, 1844 3.John Young Hicks, b., May 25, 1811 +Mary Ann Wolstenholm 3.Priscilla Mary Hicks, b., ? +William Macon Mason, Jan. 15, 1842 3,Theodore Hicks, b., 1814 +Eliza F. Grant, 1850 in Macon Co., NC moved to KY 4.Benjamin S. Hicks, b., abt. 1857 KY 4.Milton G. Hicks, b., abt. 1859 KY 4.Thomas N. Hicks, b., Sept. 1863 KY +Nancy Belle Dukes 5.Mary A. Hicks, b., 1882 KY 5.Junius C. Hicks, b., 1886 KY 5.Nealy Theodore Hicks, b., 1888 KY>FL +Rebecca Newmans, b., ? 2nd wife, Bertha Mamie Barber, b., ? 6. Leonard Austin Hicks, b., 1915 FL +Mary M. Pendleton 7.Everett Edsel Hicks, b., 1941 FL 7.Leon Douglas Hicks, b., 1942 FL 7.Francis Naomi Hicks, b., 1945 FL 7.Bobby Ray Hicks, b., 1848 FL 3rd wife of N. T. Hicks +Carrie Barber,b., ? 6,Lillie Hicks, b., 1922 FL 6.Beulah Hicks, b., 1928 FL 6.John Theodore Hicks, b., 1932 FL +Heather Jean Keene 6,Zack Richard Hicks,b., 1933 FL 6.Roy Gene Hicks, b., 1935 FL 6.Franklin Olie Hicks, b., 1936 FL 6.Willie Joe Hicks, b., 1939 Fl 6.Betty Louise Hicks, b., 1945 FL 5. Leonard Hicks,b., 1890 FL 5. Lula Hicks, b., 1892 FL 5. Everett Hicks, b., 1895 FL 5. Rosa Hicks, b., 1899 FL 4. Austin D. Hicks,b., 1865 KY 5. Morrison P. Hicks, b., ? Any help with this info will be greatly appreciated. Regards: Everett E. Hicks Dixie Co., Florida [email protected]

The MOFFITT MOST WANTED page has been updated. There are 8 new names - 155 total! Please visit at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/moffitt.html and see if your elusive MOFFITT (et al) is there! Also, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/ to see other surname Most Wanted web sites. Happy hunting! -- Yvonne Oliver Bowers, List Mom MOFFITT, MOFFETT, MOFFAT, MOFFATT Mailing Lists & Message Boards Robert MOFFITT Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/moffitt/WC_TOC.HTM MOFFITT Most Wanted: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/moffitt.html

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.     

Typed by Lora Radiches > COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County, Indiana  > B.F. Bowen  > 1920 Surnames mentioned in this biography are: Nicholson, Williams, Morgan, Lamb, > Reeves, Julian, Gentry, Bradbury, Boyd, Ruby, Bundy. > Andrew Nicholson, a retired citizen of New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, November 5, 1805, near the battlefield on which General Nathaniel Green, of Revolutionary fame, won one of his remarkable victories, and on which field, when a boy, Mr. Nicholson found many a rusty old bayonet and other grim relics of the sanguinary conflict. The parents of Mr. Nicholson were John and Mary (Williams) Nicholson, the former of whom was born in North Carolina and the latter in Maryland. When Andrew Nicholson was about twenty years of age the family came to the west and located in Ross County, Ohio, near Richmond. After several years' residence in Ross County, they moved to Iowa, where the mother died and the father then came to Henry County. Indiana, where he died from the result of an accident when he was eighty-four years old. The father served in the war of. 1812 and Andrew still remembers his own small errands in going back and forth with messages from and to the regiment. The martial fervor seems to have pervaded the family, as Andrew himself long afterwards had two sons in the Civil War of 1861-65 and receiving news at one time that one of these (John) was sick in hospital, went there to bring the boy home and on the way back encountered a company of General John Morgan's men, but was not molested and reached home in safety with his boy. It was the custom, in the. Civil war days, for Samuel Hoover, a good reader, to gather the neighbors together, mount a box and read the news as it came. When it was reported that a relation or friend had lost his life in battle, all would stand it without a murmur, but when it was announced that such relation had been sent to Libby prison, the blood of the hearers would boil. In the early days, while living in Wayne County, Indiana, Mr. Nicholson worked in a brickyard at Richmond for seven dollars per month. A friend, Mark Reeves, who later became a merchant at Cincinnati, Ohio, had worked in the same yard, and some years afterward came from that city to New Castle to buy a span of carriage horses for family use. In a crowd Andrew twitted him with having once worked at seven dollars per month and created a great laugh. Young Nicholson had educated himself at home with borrowed books and at twenty-one began teaching, a vocation he followed for fifteen or twenty years. One of his pupils was George W. Julian, afterwards a congressman of considerable note. Spelling was committed to memory at school and lexicographers differed in this respect, Walker, for instance, ending certain words lith "ick" and "our," while Webster ended the same words with "ic" and "or, as publick, public; rancor, rancour, and so on. At one of the spelling matches in Nicholson's school. Julian added the "k" to public, while a little girl left it off, and Julian went to the foot the Webster standard having been adopted. Julian was angered at this and quit school, but afterward was reconciled and returned. The schools were on the subscription plan, at a tuition fee of one dollar and a half per quarter for each pupil, yet Mr. Nicholson saved money and purchased a farm of eighty acres, to which he devoted his time and attention in the summers. In 1859 Mr. Nicholson came to Henry County, Indiana, and bought a farm of one hundred and eighty-four acres near Rich Square meeting house and cultivated it in part until his Sons went off to war, when he sold the farm and came to New Castle and bought an eighty-acre tract, on which he erected his present residence. He has retired from active work and has his money loaned out on interest. He has platted part of his eight acres into residence lots, and has occupied his present dwelling for thirty-one years. At the age of twenty-five, Mr. Nicholson married Miss Sarah Ann Lamb for his first wife, to which marriage were born seven children, namely: Abner, a mechanic and farmer in Wayne county, Indiana; Julia Corwin, in Urich, Henry County, Missouri; Luther was a soldier in the Civil war and died at home when thirty years old; Cornelia was married to Francis Gentry and died in middle life: Eveline became Mrs. James Bradbury and died when about fifty years old; Charles died at forty, and John, the soldier-boy before spoken of, died at thirty-five. The second marriage of Mr. Nicholson took place in 1870 to Miss Mary Boyd, of Brownsville. Union County, Indiana, but a native of Harrison County, Kentucky, and a daughter of James and Nancy (Ruby) Boyd who settled in Union County, Indiana, when Mrs. Nicholson was but a child. No children have been born to this second marriage. In religion Mr. Nicholson was formerly of the United Brethren faith, but for the past thirty years has been a Presbyterian, his present wife being of the same faith. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican and for three years served as county commissioner in Wayne County. At a recent public meeting Hon. Martin L.Bundy delivered a brief oral address, taking Andrew Nicholson and his long and useful life as his text, and in connection therewith reviewing the history of the United States as it was developed during the ninety-six years of Mr. Nicholson's remarkable career. The speech was a good and well received