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Jie entered a fine tract of land and secured a patent from the Govern- ment. He had made the acquaintance of an estimable young lady near Cincinnati, Miss Jane Mulford. Their marriage took place October 4, 18to, and the wedding trip was a journey on horseback from her father's house to the new home in the woods. The woods abounded in game, and he largely supplied the table with wild meats from the forest. They had ten children: Francis B., Elijah, Hiram, William, Isaac, Kezia, Mary, John, Elizabeth and Edmund Jr. When the second war for Independence was declared he joined the standard of General Harrison. The army suf- fered much, during the bitterly cold weather of the Michigan campaign, and he afterwards, in reminiscent mood, often said that no tongue could express the suffering of night picket duty along the great lakes facing the frigid gales that swept in from the north. Refusing promotion, he served in the ranks until peace was declared, when he returned to home and family. ilis oldest son did not recognize his father with his buckskin clothes, sol- dier equipments, and, as a trophy, an Indian tomahawk. He again took up the pursuit of farming and stock-raising, and prospered until the year 1833. when a terrible scourge of disease known as milksickness visited the family and neighborhood. Those who drank of the milk were attacked with a terrible malady. attended with sweating and nervous weakness that viten proved fatal. In a little over one year he lost five of his family, in- d'ading his faithful wife. The attack he suffered from was light, but he icht its presence in his system to the end of his life. With this bereavement and affliction he did not despair. A faithful Christian, a member of the M. E. church, he was fully sustained by the bearer of burdens for the "weary and heavy laden." Five years after the death of his first wife, he
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married Mrs. Fannie Breece, with whom he lived happily until her death, four or five years later. Two years later he married Mrs. Jane Armstrong, but the union proved an unhappy one, and resulted in his obtaining a divorce. Soon after he met, won and married Mrs. Jane Hundley, with whom he lived in great harmony until his death, March 30, 1858, at the age of seventy-four years. He was thrown from a load of hay, breaking the left leg above the ankle. Because . . his age, medical skill failed, and he died two days later, declaring his unswerving faith in God's love and mercy. His last words to his son John were, "I am going to rest, having no fear of death." He was a worthy, honest man, absolutely truthful, and trusted and respected by his neighbors. In politics he was an ardent Whig, despis- ing slavery and doing all in his power against the great crime, abolished five years after he passed away. His remains rest in the Heath cemetery, near his old home. Of his kindred, but two remain, Edmund F. Alldredge of Muncie and J. S. Alldredge of Anderson, Indiana.
John Applegate, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born September 23, 1794, near Maysville, Mason county, Kentucky. His father, Henry Applegate, was a soldier in the war of Independence, probably from Vir- ginia. John Applegate entered the service from Kentucky in the year 1812. He served in the infantry, and was at the battle of Lundy's Lane . and other engagements. While home upon furlough, he was married to Elizabeth Trafford, of Irish descent, who was born in 1796. He was dis- charged in 1815. He received land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land. This he sold. He had fourteen children, seven sons and five daughters, also two who died infants, unnamed. In the state of Ken- tucky his business was that of an overseer. He was an old Whig. He removed, first, to Rush county, Indiana, and then in the year 1836 to Dela- ware county. He purchased 160 acres of land now known as the Franklin Fullhart farm, a large part of which he cleared, and upon which he resided until the year 1842. He was the owner, also, of So acres on the north, and the same upon the east of the home place. He removed to Iowa, re- mained four years, came back and purchased part of the land he formerly owned. Again sold out and returned to Iowa in 1855, and lost his wife in 1856. He then came back to Delaware county, where he resided until February 2, 1862, the date of his death. He was buried at the Yorktown cemetery. He was a member of the United Brethren church.
Stephen H. Baker, soldier of the war of 1812, was born January 22, 1790. Died May 1, 1875, aged $5 years, and was buried in Beech Grove cemetery.
John Barton, a soldier of the war of 1812. So far as we can ascertain he was born in Tennessee, raised in the same state and from there entered the service. He probably served in the Southern Department, as he often
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related his experience with the Army while in the vicinity of Mobile, Alabama. He had ten children, six sons and four daughters. So far as we could learn, none of his descendants are now living in Delaware county, or other locality known to any one here. The old veteran died many years ago and was buried at Granville.
David Bell, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in 1792, in the state of Maryland. Later In enigrated to Greene county, Ohio, where he mar- ried Lydia Kyle, and afterwards removed to Jay county, Indiana. He was the father of five sons and six daughters. He died February 1, 1850, aged 58 years, and was buried at the l'uthel cemetery near Albany. We have no particulars of his service. To us this is cause for genuine regret. But he was a soldier, no doubt about that, and our word for it he was a good one. After his death the Government issued a land warrant to his heirs which called for one hundred and sixty acres of land. From an old pupil who was under his tutelage during six terms of "deestrict school," we learn he was for a long time a teacher. A typical "Hoosier School Master." He was small. bald-headed, and very active. His pupils imagined he had eyes in the back part of his head, so certain was he to detect them in any kind of mischief. "Full well the busy whisper circling round, conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned." He was a disciplinarian of the strictest sort. Some suppose there was a clock-like system by which he was con- trolled, to be learned alone in the school of the soldier. He had an imag- inary line separating the boys from the girls, and woe to the luckless wight who crossed the forbidden boundary. He had something more than rules, too. Back of his desk in full view of the school were two wooden hooks, which he kept filled with a variety of beech switches, exactly suited to the size of the pupil, and the grade of the offense.
"No lickin', no larnin', says I." Often there was a goose quill over each ear, and another in his fingers, which he deftly scraped and sharpened for use, as only an expert could. He was supplied with a stentorian voice, and abundant lung power. When he called "books!" the dullest youngster within a mile could hear the call. Verily the old soldier had an impressive way of teaching young ideas how to "shoot."
David Bell was a land surveyor, also, in the early days of this county. His father had been a sea captain. No wonder the teacher had systematic methods of business. He was a faithful and devout member of the M. E. Church.
David M. Bell, a son of the aged veteran, was himself a valiant soldier, he having served in Company D, Second Indiana Cavalry, from September 22, 1861, until October 4, 1864.
Martin Bobo, a soldier supposed to have been in the war of IS12, from the state of Ohio. Of his history, in or out of the army, we can learn
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nothing. Persons who knew him, while he lived in Delaware county, say that he had lost one eye; that he had quite an appetite for strong drink. Sometimes he had to hide his "supplies." This he always attempted to do with some care. At one time he had eyesight sufficient to hide his favorite jug in a dense patch of "jimpson weed" to keep his watchful enemies from finding where he had stored it, but alas! his vision was not good enough to enable him to find it. He was buried at Granville. Age and date of his death are unknown. No headst ne.
Stephen D. Berry, Sr., a soldier of the Indian wars, and of the war of ISt2, was born in the state of Virginia, in the year 1774. He early removed to the state of Ohio, from which he entered the army. He was married in Ross county, Ohio, to Jane Greenlee, who was born in Pennsyl- vania. They were the parents of ten sons and four daughters. He removed to Delaware county, Indiana, in the year 1837. Our records show that on November 12, 1836, a part of section nine, in Delaware township, was entered by one Stephen Berry. This was, perhaps, the old hero of two wars. Prior to his removal here he pursued the trade of a carpenter. In Indiana he became a farmer, and it is probably true of him, as of so many of those early pioneers, that he came where land was plentiful and cheap, and where he could found a home of his own.
The only facts about his service we have been able to gather, are that he received an honorable discharge and a warrant for land. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Baptist church. Church privileges were very crude in those days. Under the friendly roof of this "devout soldier" the services were conducted for years, until a schoolhouse was erected upon the corner of his farm, after which that was used as a place of worship. The venerable old man died in December, 1855, and was buried in the Black cemetery.
Isaac Branson, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in Virginia in 1794, and was married June 9, 1818, to Martha Chipman in Kentucky, who was born February 15, 1798, in the same state. In the same year they set- tled in Highland county, Ohio, and in 1819 removed to Randolph county. Indiana. In 1828 they came to Delaware county and settled on Buck Creek within six miles of Muncietown. In 1858 they removed to Muncietown, where Mr. Branson died three weeks later. He was a successful dealer in land and owned many tracts, at various times, in this and adjoining counties. Ile was a good man ; respected by all who knew him. There were no chil- dren born to this worthy couple, but to their credit be it said, the homeless orphan found no better friends. During their married life they furnished a home and supplied the wants of no less than fourteen children-some of them until they reached mature years. To the last, the venerable hero loved children. He was blind during the closing years of his life. He died No-
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vember S, 1858. Perhaps no pioneer of the county was held in greater esteem or had more true friends than the quaint, old-time lady whom so many people knew and called "Aunt Patsy Branson."
It was a humorous boast of hers that for forty years she cut her gar- ments by the same pattern. She possessed a strong individuality, had a noble heart and was a true friend. She was remarkably active for one so well advanced in years, with a step light and . " "'e almost as that of a girl. Through the long years of her widowhood sl .. . ained cheerful and sunny in disposition, always recognizing the realitie life, but thinking of the warded with a pension at September 4, 1891, at the ible couple are buried in brighter side. During her last years she was the rate of $12.00 per month. Aunt Patsy (" ripe old age of ninety-three years. This :. Beech Grove cemetery.
Henry Brown, a soldier of the war of 1812, was said to have seen serv- ice upon a war vessel, but this brief statement is all there is of what, if within our reach, might be an interesting bit of history. He was buried at the Jones cemetery.
Patrick Carmichael, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born December 11, 1794, in the state of Kentucky. His ancestors were Irish. He probably entered the service when about 18 or 19 years of age, afterwards was mar- ried to Margaret Lee, on February 15, 1815, very soon after he came from the army. So far as known his wife was also born in the state of Kentucky. They were the parents of eleven children, as follows: Catharine, John, William H., Andrew J., Patrick L., Lewis R., Mary A., Nancy J., Sarah E., James M. and Tempy A. About the record of this old veteran there can be no question. During the later years of his life he drew a pension, something which can be fully relied upon as the basis of a soldier's history. He emi- grated to Indiana at an early date, for the public records show that he pur- chased land in section twelve in Union township, and settled upon it in 1836. Here. in the unbroken forest, this hardy pioneer battled as courageously with his new enemies as when arrayed for the contest in the garb of the soldier. Here he ended his days, dying at a ripe old age. He was buried on the Eshenfelder farm, some two miles northwest of Eaton.
Of John Carroll, whose name appears upon a list of soldiers of the war of 1812, and whose grave is regularly decorated as such, we can only say that he once lived in the old village of Granville ; that he was buried in the cemetery at that village, and that his grave has no tombstone.
Francis Cisens, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in the year 1786. The place of birth we have been unable to locate. Tradition says he spent many years upon the ocean. In an early day-possibly in the early thirties- he removed from some point in Pennsylvania to Delaware county, Indiana. and purchased eighty acres of land of Peter Bradshaw. a part of section
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36, in Union township. Here he established his home and here he died, February 1, 1856. Ilis wife, Catharine, died March 1, 1848. They had one daughter, who married Joseph Slonaker. This aged and scarred vet- eran of sea and shore often repeated to younger, but willing hearers, the thrilling story of his adventures and conflicts. He showed the evidence of severe wounds in the neck ; his shoulder-blade was cut open by the blow of an Indian tomahawk, and there were marks of two bullet wounds in one of his lower limbs. At one time, while on military duty, he was taken prisoner by the Indians, bound, and closely guarded to revent his escape. When additional supplies of ammunition were needed he was untied, disrobed and required to assist in molding bullets. He closely watched his chance and made a dash for liberty, hiding himself when pursued in a dense mass of heavy thistles, which the Indian dogs could not penetrate. Without a bite of food he cheerfully took up the weary march to reach the encampment. At one stage of his journey he was so near starved that he cut a slice from the body of a dead pony. Later he came upon the corpse of a dead soldier and secured his musket, with which he was fortunate enough to shoot a bear. This bit of good luck supplied him with provisions enough to last until he reached the camp. To the end of his life his hatred of the Indian was intense. He and his wife lie in the Laird cemetery on a bank over- looking the Mississinewa river, and from his tombstone this writer copied the inscription: "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."
The name of Henry Clouse comes to us as one who was a very old soldier. Some supposed he was in the war of the Revolution, but that theory is not sustained. He was probably in the war of 1812, or the Indian wars. There are no further details except that he died long since, and was buried at Bethel or Granville.
The sketch of Robert Sanders shows that when he reached the trading station of David Connor, near Wheeling, he found an old comrade of the Indian campaigns. Mr. Connor removed from Delaware county at an early date, and we can hear no further word of him. We presume he was a soldier under General Anthony Wayne.
William H. Daugherty, a soldier of the war of IS12, was born at or near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, March 3, 1790. He was of Irish ancestry and his father, William Daugherty, Sr., was probably a soldier in the Revolutionary army .* But of the service of the younger Daugherty there is a reliable and honorable record. He was enrolled at Lebanon, Ohio, in August, 1812, for the period of six months, serving in Captain John Spencer's company of the regiment commanded by Colonel Shumalt of the Ohio militia. He was located some time at Lower Sandusky, Olio.
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From that point he was ordered to Detroit, Mich., and thence to Sandwich, Canada. He then returned to Lower Sandusky and assisted in guarding prisoners of war to Chillicothe, Ohio. While upon this duty he was taken sick and prevented from active duty for some months. He was discharged from service at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1813, and in 1814 he married Miss Tauser Thornburg, in Clinton county, Ohio. He received from the government a warrant for eighty acres of land. About the year 1829 he emigrated to In- diana, and settled in Mount Plea. nt township, near Yorktown.
His first wife having died, he later married Mrs. Deborah (Combs) Koontz, mother of Hon. J. H. Koontz, and the late L. D. Koontz. She died August 17, 1865. He also married the third wife, who outlived him. Mr. Daugherty was the father of four sons and seven daughters. He was all his life a farmer. It is said that he was somewhat pugnacious and knew well how to defend his own interests in a conflict. Like the brave people by whom he was surrounded in those early days, and with whom he mingled, he was made of good fibre, and bore well his part in the heavy duties of a frontier life. He died August 29, 1876, and his remains lie in the cemetery at Yorktown.
Samuel Darter, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born March 13, in the year 1795, in the State of Virginia, and married Letitia Parker, who was born in the state of North Carolina. They moved to Indiana at an early day and settled in the county of Fayette, where Mr. Darter became possessed of valuable real estate, consisting of a farm of 160 acres. Here he remained for some years and then removed to Delaware county, where he purchased land in Harrison and Mount Pleasant townships, in the latter of which he made his home until his death. Mrs. Darter died in 1856, and subsequently Mr. Darter married Sarah Beach, who departed this life in the year 1887.
He was a man of prominence in the community where he resided; he was a member of the Methodist church and was active in the promotion of the cause of religion. He was intensely radical in his political views, having been one of the original abolitionists of Indiana. He died August 29, 1872, aged 77 years 5 months and 16 days. He was buried in the Jones cemetery.
Martin Depoy, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in the year 1776. He came at an early day from Greenbrier county, Virginia. March 26, :836, he bought land in section three in Delaware township. Of his service we have no data. He died September 29, 1838, and was buried at the Strong cemetery near Albany.
Jacob Dickover, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born August 26, 1785, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Henry Dick- over, of Lancaster county, concerning whose history some very interesting papers have come to hand, and are herewith published.
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"Harrisburgh, Penna., March 11, 189S.
To Whom It May Concern :-
I hereby certify to the Revolutionary services of Henry Dickover, as follows :---
Henry Dickover enlisted as a private in Capt. John Wither's Company of Militia, of Col. John Ferrie's battalion of Associators in Lancaster county, destined for the Jerseys, mustered at Lancaster August 19, 1776. This command was in active service in the Jerseys in the summer of that year. The company was in service from August, 1776, until February, 1777.
For reference see Penna. Archives, Vol. 13, pages 333 and 305.
Yours with respect, William Henry Eyle, M. D., State Librarian and Editor Penna. Archives."
Some of the descendants of Henry Dickover have the impression he was a Hessian, captured at the battle of Trenton, and sent to Carlisle, Penn., after which he enlisted in the Continental Army. He may have been a Hessian. But the records show he was mustered August 19, 1776, and the battle of Trenton was fought in December, 1776. If he were a Hessian prisoner, he was captured prior to August 19, 1776.
The records of the War Department in Washington show that, "his name appears on a muster roll, dated at Lancaster, August 19, 1776, which bears no special remarks relative to his service." Here, on the margin of this roll, would have been a very appropriate place for the fact of his hav- ing been a soldier among the Hessians. Jacob Dickover, one of the eleven sons of Henry Dickover, entered the service for the war of 1812, from the state of Pennsylvania. His record of service we do not have, but we do have the fact that he received a land warrant, and that during the last years of his life he drew a pension. In 1835 he removed from Wayne county. Indiana, to the county of Delaware. He bought one hundred and twenty acres of land one mile north of Selma, cleared up a farm, occupied it as a permanent home, and here he died March 23, 1876, and was buried in the Bortsfield cemetery. His age was ninety years. six months and 27 days.
He married Hannah Baney, by whom he had one son and seven daugh- ters. His wife died April 14, 1877, aged 67 years one month and 28 days. and lies by his side. They were members of the United Brethren church. In an interview with Mr. Michael Dunkin, the oldest man in his region, he related some experience when a boy of ten years. His father had erected a two-story, hewed-log house. Mr. Jacob Dickover was the bricklayer who built the chimney, and young Dunkin was his helper. At one stage of the work he mounted a steep ladder, bearing a hod of mortar, at some outhay of sweat and muscular power. But it proved to be too thick. So the hod was returned, the mortar was tempered, as directed, by the use of "more water." The young man not only felt very anxious to get that hod of
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cortar exactly right, but another idea struck him with some force. He sincerely believed the four first letters of the name of the gentleman for whom he was doing duty, was a misnomer, and that when properly ad- dressed, the full name should be Mr. Richard Over. And when he made the second trip with his burden he very politely said: "Ilow will that shit you, Mr. Over?" The brick mason promptly suspended proceedings long es high to retort, with some warmth, "Why don't you call me by my right name?" One of the descendants of this aged patriot, a professional gen- Seman, very anxious that every crumb of historic detail should be car fully preserved, has said, that at one time his grandfather, in the line of his mechanical pursuits, was frequently called upon to aid in the erection of Sistilleries, and that as he grew older his conscience became very much rickened; so he determined to abandon the "camp of the Hessians" by starting a family ahar, and here, daily, about this sacred spot, he sought supplies of grace to enable him to offset the evil influences of his earlier days. Samuel Dickover, son of Jacob, volunteered in Company "K," 19th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, in October, 1862, and served through until the end of the Civil war, taking part in all of the engagements of his com- mand after his enlistment. To him we are under obligations for the his- torical matter in this sketch.
William Dunkin, Sr., a soldier of the war of ISI2, was born and raised near Dayton, Ohio, and from there he entered the service, having enlisted for two terms, of one year each. There are no records of his service now within reach. But of tradition there is an abundance.
Ile was in the Dragoons. He rode the same horse during the whole of his service. The horse was afterwards brought to Indiana. He died on the home farm near Smithfield, when he was 37 years old. He received great care at the last; no work was required of him for several years. He was handled like a baby in the winter season to prolong his life. The grim oll warrior related many accounts of his military experience. Once while the command was located at Fort Harrison on the Wabash, the order came to "mount," instantly, which was done, and the Dragoons rode rapidly all night long, with one halt of fifteen minutes to refresh the men and animals. Upon their arrival at the destination, the horses were utterly exhausted. General Harrison had met and defeated the Indians, who were then in rapid retreat with the troops in pursuit. There are numerous stories of skir- wishes with Indians, and of long and toilsome marches. William Dunkin drew no pension but received a land warrant for So acres of land for each enlistment.
The wife's maiden name was Hannah Smith, born and raised near Trenton, New Jersey. They had eight children, five sons and three daugh- ters, of whom but two sons, Michael and William, are now living. William
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