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RUFUS B. SMITH was born in Harrison Township, this county, October 16, 1845, and is the second of nine children born to Robert and Cynthia (Stotts) Smith, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively, and of English extraction. He was reared on the home farm, and was educated at the common schools. February 7, 1865, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, served seven months, and was honorably discharged in September of the same year. February 3, 1868, he married Harriet P. Paxton, a native of Tennessee, and daughter of William and Mary Paxton. The following children were born to this marriage: Anna G., Guy O. (deceased), Dovie, Nellie, Robert Walter and Bertha. Mr. Smith is the owner of 495 acres of well- improved land, and is largely engaged in the live stock trade-growing and buying, and shipping extensively to Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. On his land is also one of the township schoolhouses. In politics, Mr. Smith is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
HENRY T. SWEARENGIN was born in Randolph County, N. C., April 19, 1819, and came with his parents to Morgan County in 1836. On the 27th of December, 1843, he was happily married to Mary M. Parks, who bore him eight children, of whom two died in early child- hood. In July, 1846, he and wife were baptized in the Christian Church at Mt. Gilead, in which he became a Deacon in 1847 and a Trustee in 1860, and of which he continued a leading and consistent member until his death, January 20, 1884, at the age of sixty-four years nine months and one day. His widow still resides on the old homestead of 500 acres, in the management of which she is assisted by two of her sons-the youngest now twenty-three years old. Mrs. Swearengin was born in
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Mason County, Ky., April 10, 1826, and is the daughter of William and Henrietta (Thomas) Parks, natives of Kentucky, and of English extrac- tion; they came to Indiana in 1840, located in this township, and here died in 1849 and 1879 respectively, at the ages of fifty-five and seventy- nine years.
CYRUS A. WATSON, farmer and stock-grower, was born in this township August 17, 1829, and is the eldest of five children born to Thomas and Mary Ann (Royston) Watson, natives respectively of Vir- ginia and Tennessee, and of Welsh and Irish descent. They erected the first log cabin in Madison Township in 1819, and came here to reside in 1823, having purchased two farms, and also having entered about 400 acres of land. Here Thomas Watson, who had served his country in the war of 1812, died in 1856; his widow still survives, at the age of seventy- seven. Cyrus A. Watson was reared a farmer, and at his majority began for himself by clearing away the forest, the country still being more or less a wilderness; he is now the owner of a well improved and well stocked farm of 200 acres. December 12, 1869, he married Susan, daughter of Daniel and Frances (Langyer) Thornberry, all natives of Virginia. To this union one child, Samuel, was born January 17, 1871. Mr. Watson is a Freemason, an Odd Fellow and a Democrat, and has held the office of Township Trustee four terms. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
BENJAMIN R. WATSON, farmer and carpenter, was born in this township October 21, 1838, and is the fourth of the five children born to Thomas and Mary (Royston) Watson, natives of Virginia and North Car- olina, and respectively of Irish and English extraction. Benjamin Wat- son was reared on a farm, but received a good education at the subscrip- tion schools, and subsequently taught in the public schools of Morgan County for seven and one-half years. November 22, 1859, he married Elizabeth Woodward, a native of Morgan County, who bore him four children-Thomas B., Mary M., Andrew I. and Alfred. December 14, 1874, Mr. Watson, having lost his wife, married Rachel M. Perisho, a native of Clarke County, Ill. As a farmer, Mr. Watson owns and man- ages a farm of fifty-six acres, and as a carpenter has followed the trade for over thirty years. He was one year Secretary of Grange Lodge, No. 1246, at Brooklyn, Clay Township, and in politics he is a Democrat.
ANDREW WRIGHT, a pioneer of Madison Township, was born in Harrison County, Ind., August 8, 1808, and is the eldest of ten children born to William and Mary (Inyard) Wright, natives respectively of Ken- tucky and Pennsylvania. William Wright served as a Lieutenant in the war of 1812, and came from Kentucky to Indiana about the year 1807; he settled in Harrison County, and there died, a respected pioneer. Andrew Wright was reared a farmer. May 15, 1834, he married Eliza- beth Blunk, who bore him ten children, two of whom are yet living- Mary A. and James. The mother of these having died, Mr Wright mar- ried Roema Harden, who bore him two children; she died in 1865. Mr. Wright next married Delia Hornady. In the spring of 1834, Mr. Wright came to this township and purchased 120 acres of unimproved land, to which he has since added eighty acres. His farm is now well improved, and well stocked with horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and the necessary farm- ing implements. In politics, Mr. Wright is now a Republican, although his first ballot was cast for Andrew Jackson for President. He is an advocate of temperance, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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RICHARD A. ABRAHAM was born in Morgan County, Ind., July 4, 1842. He is a son of William and Maria (Arnold) Abraham, both natives of England. William Abraham was a resident of this township for thirty-seven years. He was born in the Isle of Wight, England, in 1815, and is the son of James and Sarah (Pittis) Abraham. James was born in the Isle of Wight about the year 1777. His wife Sarah also was born in the Isle of Wight. James and Sarah were married in 1810; on May, .26, 1821, the husband, wife and five children embarked for Amer- ica, arriving in Philadelphia July 19, 1821, and thence proceeded to Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and thence in a few years to Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio, where they permanently resided until his death at the age of eighty-two years. He was the father of seven children, three of whom are still living, and of whom William is the second son. The latter was only six years of age when he crossed the Atlantic, but he still remembers many incidents of the voyage. After reaching manhood, he traveled down the Ohio River into the then wild regions of the Lower Mississippi River through the States of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, and as far north as Wisconsin. Returning home to Deersville, he there married, on October 7, 1840, Maria, daughter of John Arnold. She was also born in the Isle of Wight on September 18, 1817. With her parents, and in the same vessel with the Abraham fam- ily, she emigrated to America in 1821. John Arnold, soon after his ar- rival, proceeded with his family to Rush County, Ind., and entered a half section of land east of Rushville, which land is still owned by his chil- dren, and on which he died June 27, 1864, aged seventy-six years. His wife, Mary Ann Cole, was also born in the Isle of Wight. After his marriage, William Abraham proceeded with his young wife to Cumber- land, Marion County, Ind., where, ten miles from Indianapolis, he pur- chased 160 acres of land, and moved on it. The land at that early day not being considered desirable, he soon disposed of it and came to Green Township, Morgan County, and moved on a farm he had previous- ly purchased, and which is at present owned by his son, Richard A. He moved on this farm in December, 1845, and lived here about sixteen years. In 1861, he moved to what was known as the John Hughes farm -now owned by William R. Abraham-where he lived until 1882, when he moved to near Providence, Johnson County, where he still resides. During the many years which William Abraham has been a resident of Morgan County, he and his wife have braved many hardships and suf- fered many privations, but they have been rewarded with a competence for themselves and their children. Richard A., the eldest of the children, and our subject, came to this county with his parents, and, on April 6, 1870, was married to Mrs. Mary A. Flake, the widow of Aimor Flake, and daughter of Henry and Sarah (Davis) Elkins. She was born in this county on March 22, 1849. After his marriage he settled in this town- ship, where he has since remained, moving on the farm which he at present occupies in the year 1873. He owns over 700 acres of land. Mr.
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Abraham and wife are the parents of three children, viz., Alfred O., Nora and Richard. Both are members of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM ADAMS was born in Morgan County, Ind., on April 9, 1844, and is a son of Henry and Nancy Adams, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. Henry Adams was born February 2, 1804; married Emily Kephart, and moved to this county, where he now lives. He lost his wife Emily by death, and subsequently married Nancy Slusser. His family were Jacob, Abraham, Rebecca, George W., William, Eliza- beth, Amanda, Samuel, Joseph, Thomas, Sarah T. and Emily C. Will- iam Adams was married, in this county, November 31, 1865, to Charity, daughter of Henry and Lavina Pearce. She was born in Morgan Coun- ty on April 4, 1848. They have six children-Minnie E., Nancy B., Mary J., Martha C., Clarence E. and Lavina D.
JOHN F. BRAUN was born in Germany on September 29, 1819, and is a son of Christian and Eliza (Schnider) Braun, natives of Germany, where they remained until their death. They had born to them-Chris- tian, George and John F. Our subject was youngest of the three chil- dren, and at the age of fourteen began learning the tailor's trade of his father, and followed it for a number of years. Mr. Braun, our subject, was married in Germany, in 1846, to Catherine Miller, and in 1850 they came to the United States, and settled in this county. Mrs. Catherine Braun died September 22, 1871, and on April 23, 1872, Mr. Braun was married to Louisa, daughter of Peter and Hannah Schniter. She was born in Germany July 12, 1842. Mr. Braun is the father of thirteen children-Eliza B. (deceased), Henry, Frederick, Elizabeth, Christian (deceased), Augusta (deceased), Mary J. (deceased), Minnie H., George W., Franklin A., Mary I., and two infants (deceased).
WILLIAM CAIN was born in Brown County, Ind., January 7, 1850, and is a son of William and Lydia (Shroyer) Cain, natives of Pennsyl- vania. William Cain, Sr., was born on February 12, 1812, and Lydia Cain on November 17, 1816. They were married in Pennsylvania, moved to Ohio, and subsequently to Brown County, Ind., where Mr. Cain died February 14, 1882, and his wife is still living. They were parents of the following: Mary, Jacob, Barbara, Marvin, Lewis, Elizabeth, Jonas, Hannah and William. William Cain, our subject, was married in this county on December 9, 1873, to Mary E., daughter of James H. and Re- becca A. Gillaspy. Mrs. Mary E. Cain was born in this county on March 20, 1848. They are parents of six children-Ida, Lucinda, Ella, John M., Rebecca A. and George I. Mr. Cain is a much respected young man.
JOSEPH EGBERT was born in Warren County, Ohio, September 4, 1835, and is a son of James and Sarah (Brandenburgh) Egbert, natives of Pennsylvania. James Egbert was a son of John Egbert, a native of New Jersey, who was born January 13, 1752, and in 1774, married, in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Bowman. They moved to Warren County. Ohio, and remained there the rest of their lives. He was a soldier of the Rev- olutionary war. James, the father of our subject, was born in 1798, went to Ohio in 1818, and on October 11, 1821, married Catherine Pauley, who was born on June 28, 1803, bore her husband four children and subsequently died. These children were Lydia E., George W., John P. and Catherine. Mr. Egbert, August 18, 1830, married Sarah Brandenburgh, and by her had ten children-Israel, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah, Jonathan, Celia, Elvy, Martha, James and Thomas. Mrs. Egbert was born in Pennsylvania on November 3, 1808. In 1836, they moved
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to Dearborn County, Ind., and in 1838 to this county, and remained here until their death, on January 11, 1868, and on September 16, 1875. James accompanied his parents to this county in 1838, and married on November 1, 1859, Julia A., daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Brian. She was born in this county April 15, 1839. After marriage, Mr. Egbert- settled on a farm in Green Township, and has since lived here. He owns 140 acres of land. They have a family of ten children-Willard B., Lorena A., Sarah J., Vilena (deceased), Laura E., Luella, Joseph O., Ora, Elva P. and Dora. He and his wife belong to the Christian Church. Mr. Egbert has been Township Assessor for three terms.
S. H. PEARCY was born in Shelby County, Ky., on March 13, 1829, and is a son of William and Mary (Holly) Pearcy, natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania. William was a son of George Pearcy, a native of Pennsylvania. In an early day, George Pearcy moved to Vir- ginia, and there married Esther Campbell, moved to Greene County, Tenn., and in 1795 went to Fayette County, and two years afterward to Shelby County, Ky., and there remained until their death. Their children were John, Hugh, George, Henry, Elizabeth, Robert, Ann and William. William Pearcy was born in Rockingham County, Va., on March 4, 1784, and in Shelby County, Ky., married Mary Holly, who was born in Penn- sylvania on January 2, 1790. In 1836, Mr. Pearcy moved to Morgan County, Ind., settling in Green Township, on the farm which our subject. now occupies. Here he remained until death overtook him. His chil- dren were as follows: Charity J., Elizabeth A. (deceased), Jeremiah H., Elizabeth E., Samuel H. and Mary A. Samuel H. Pearcy was next to. the youngest in the family, and came to this county with his parents in 1836, and has lived here since that time. On February 12, 1852, he was married to Mary H., daughter of William and Jemima Hughes. Mrs. Pearcy is a native of this county, and was born April 18, 1832. They have seven children-Sarah E., Charity L. E., Stanton W., William T., Jemima E., John K. and Mary V.
JACOB PIERCE was born in Greene County, Ind., and is a son of John and Frances Pierce, natives of Kentucky and South Carolina. John Pierce was born on January 31, 1797, and his wife, Frances, in 1801. They were married in Kentucky, and moved thence to Greene, and finally, in 1834, to Morgan County, Ind. Here they remained until their deaths, Mr. Pierce dying in 1883, and his wife preceding him in 1865. Their children were Nancy, Mary, Elizabeth, William, John S., Eliza J., Jacob, Rachel, Sarah, Angaletta, George, James M. and Jeriah. Jacob Pierce, our subject, married, in this county, on November 16, 1859, Catherine, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Flake. She was born in Morgan County, Ind., on March 16, 1842. After his marriage, Mr. Pierce settled in Johnson County, where he purchased land, and re- mained for about five years. The family then moved to this county, and have lived here since. To this household were added ten children- George W. (deceased), Sarah A., John, Arrena E., Cordelia (deceased),. Thomas W., Cornelius, James, Oliver and Elmer.
SARAH RADCLIFF, widow of John Radcliff was born in Madi- son County, Ky., on April 1. 1824, and is a daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Johnson) Holman, natives of Virginia. Daniel Holman was married in Virginia in an early day, and then moved to Kentucky, where he died. Mrs. Holman afterward moved to this county, and died here. Their children were Alfred, Joel, Abel, Harden, James, Harrison,.
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Tarleton, Jackson, Madison, Perlina, Parmelia, Amanda, Minerva and Sarah. Sarah Holman, our subject, was married in Anderson County, Ky., on August 15, 1844, to Edward J. Rice. The couple settled in Mercer County, Ky., and in 1848 came to Morgan County, Ind., where Mr. Rice died November 18, 1867. In 1869, Mrs. Sarah Rice married John Radcliff, who died on January 25, 1879. She owns 175 acres of very fine land. Mrs. R. has no family.
WILLIAM RADFORD was born in Shelby County, Ky , September 11, 1833, of parents William and Nancy Radford, natives of the same county and State. William Radford, Sr., was a son of George Radford, a Virginian, who married Catherine Woodcock. They moved to Shelby County, Ky., in an early day, and resided there until their death. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and was the father of these children: Jacob, Henry, Elizabeth, Richard, Mary and William. William Radford, father of our subject, was the youngest of these children, was born in 1809, and in course of time married Nancy Pearcy, in Shelby County, Ky., who was born in 1806. After marriage, they settled in that county, where he died in 1833. She was subsequently married to John Radcliff, and moved with her husband to this county in 1838. Mrs. Rad- cliff died in 1868, mother of two children-Mary, and William, our sub- ject. William Radford was married on November 31, 1854, to Elizabeth, a daughter of Enoch S. and Sarah (Dugan) Tabor. She was born on March 18, 1838, in Nelson County, Ky. After marriage, the couple moved to Green Township, remained here until 1871, when they went to Martinsville, and there Mr. Radford opened a hardware store. He continued in that business for three years, and then returned to this township where he has resided ever since. They have had four children -- John L., Mary (deceased), Thomas B. and Frances. Mr. Radford was elected Justice of the Peace in 1876, and has retained that office until the present time.
S. N. RUNDELL, M. D., was born in Morgan County, Ind., August 6, 1844. He is the youngest son, and his parents were Hiram R. and Mercy (Wyett) Rundell, both natives of New York, the father born on November 9, 1796, the mother on December 23, 1805. On October 16, 1823, the parents were married, in 1837 moved to Ohio, and in 1842 came to Morgan County, where the father died November 2, 1850. The mother still survives, and lives in Jackson Township. Their children were William W., Hester A., Andrew J., Reuben J., Malvina, John W. (deceased), Fletcher, Amy I. and Samuel N. The latter, our sub- ject, was fairly educated at Attica, N. Y .; from thence he was sent to Greencastle, Ind., but completed his education at Franklin, Ind., after which he engaged in teaching school. In 1869, he began the study of medicine, Drs. Griffith and Sparks, of Morgantown, being his preceptors, until 1870, when, in the winter of 1870-71, he took a course of lectures at the University of Louisville, Ky. He then taught school in Johnson County, Ind., continuing his studies in medicine in the meantime, and in the winter of 1873-74 again attended lectures, graduating in Febru- ary, 1874. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Elkinsville, Brown County, Ind. He was there married on November 21, 1874, to Anna B., daughter of Reuben and Amanda Varney. She was born on August 19, 1853. In 1875, the Doctor moved to Cope, Morgan County, and resumed his practice, which he has since pursued with flattering success. To the Doctor and his wife have been born four children-Ora
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E., Mabel M., Reuben and Esther. The Doctor is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, also of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
FREDERICK SANDERS was born in Germany November 13, 1837, and is a son of Julius and Minnie (Bundgard) Sanders, natives of Ger- many. They were married in Germany, and in 1846 emigrated to the United States, coming at once to this county, and Julius Sanders still lives here, but lost his wife in October, 1851. He next married Annie E. Miller. Mr. Sanders has the following children: Charles, Dolly, Au- gusta, Robert, Edward, Mariah, Elizabeth and Frederick. Frederick Sanders, the second of the family, and our subject, accompanied his par- ents to this county in 1846, and has lived here ever since. On October 8, 1858, Mr. Sanders married Mary, daughter of John Green. She was born in this county on September 25, 1839. Mr. Sanders settled in this township and has made it his home ever since. Mrs. Mary Sanders died on March 14, 1865, having borne four children-John J., Frederick, George W. (deceased) and Jacobina. Mr. Sanders took for a second wife Martha M. Bailey, widow of Benjamin Bailey, on June 2, 1865. She has had six children-Hanford E., Jacob, Harriet S., Charley (deceased), Francis M. and Bartholomew (deceased). Mr. Sanders is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic fraternity.
ROBERT H. SCROGIN was born in Lexington, Ky., October 22, 1810, of parents Joseph and Martha (Campbell) Scrogin, natives of Ken- tucky and Pennsylvania. The former was a son of Robert Scrogin, who was a native of Maryland; married a Miss Cullinson; went to Fayette, and finally to Woodford County, Ky., and there lived until their death. Robert was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, and the father of thirteen children -- Nathanial, Robert, John, Samuel, Luther, Sarah, Nancy, Millie, Ann, Elizabeth, Julia, an infant (deceased. unnamed), and Joseph (father of our subject). Joseph Scrogin was born in 1790, and his wife, Martha, in 1785, and they died respectively on May 25, 1841, and May 26, 1846. They had these children: Nancy, Robert H., Thomas B., Grandison J., Ann A., Julia E., Cordelia E., Ethelinda B. and Martha J. Robert H. Scrogin married, on January 1, 1837, in Hen- ry County, Ky., Nancy B., daughter of James and Letitia (Bryan) Hays. She was born in Washington County, Ky., on September 25, 1807. They moved to Morgan County, Ind., in 1839, and settled on the farm upon which the family has since resided. Mrs. Scrogin died on October 21, 1875, the mother of nine children -- Martisha, Ethelinda C., Ann E., Jo- seph S., William H., Robert J., Thomas B. C., and two infants who died unnamed.
JOHN SICHTING was born in Germany, July 22, 1834, and is the son of Henry and Louisa Sichting, Germans, born respectively in 1800 and in 1807, and were married in 1830. They emigrated to the United States in 1848, landing at Baltimore, and from there coming to Morgan County, Ind., and here they still reside. They had children- Mary, John, Minnie, Augusta, Caroline and an infant (deceased). Of this family, Johr was next to the oldest, and came with his parents to this county in 1848, and was here married on March 29, 1859, to Martisha E., daughter of Robert H. and Nancy B. Scrogin. She was born in this county, August 7, 1839. After his marriage, Mr. Sichting settled on the farm which the family now occupy. They had nine children-Rob- ert H., John G., Felix B., Mary E., Minnie E., Nancy C., Ida E., Emma A. and Frederick W.
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JOHN S. SKAGGS was born in Morgan County, Ind., February 5, 1831, and is a son of John and Edna (Ennis) Skaggs, Kentuckians, born respectively October 16, 1800, and in January, 1801; they were married in Barren County, Ky., in 1818, and came thence to Indiana, locating in Morgan County in 1828. Mr. Skaggs died in July, 1870, and his wife in May. 1881. Their children were James E., Mary J., Thomas P., Zachariah, Elizabeth B., John S., Eliza A., Jonathan W., Harriet and Madison V. John S. was married, on September 26, 1854, to Perlina, daughter of William and Sarah Franklin. She died October 1, 1864, the mother of six children-Sarah E., Eliza C., Mary J. (deceased), Elva A., Henriette and Lavina. On February 15, 1866, Mr. Skaggs married Martha A. Crawford, widow of James Crawford, and a daughter of James and Matilda Morris. Mrs. Skaggs was born February 20, 1838, and by her Mr. Skaggs had born to him three children-Walter M. (deceased), Stella M. and Nellie M. Mr. Skaggs belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is holding the office of Township Trustee, and is a highly respected cit- izen.
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H. M. BAKER, leading stock breeder, was born September 28, 1843, in Washington Township, Ind., and is the third of the four children of William and Delia (Manley) Baker, natives of Kentucky, and of Irish descent, who removed to this State about 1822. Our subject, when a boy, was inured to farm work, but attended select school for some time. Au- gust 26, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-third Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, the regiment being assigned to the Army of the Cumber- land, and taking active part in the battles of Thompson's Station (where the regiment was taken prisoners, and exchanged after thirty days), Res- aca, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta, and was discharged September 28, 1864, the day he attained his majority. After returning, he served three years as Deputy Sheriff. February 15, 1871, he married Sarah J., daughter of Jefferson and Sarah Farr, by . which union were born four children-Zulie A., Emma, Sarah D. and Charlie J. In 1871, he moved to his present abode-a farm of 240 acres, well improved, cultivated and stocked. Mr. Baker has made a specialty of stock-breeding with Duke thoroughbred cattle, and by in- dustry and ability has established himself in life. He has served two terms as Township Trustee, is an active Republican and an honored cit- izen.
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