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MUSTERED FOR ONE HUNDRED DAYS.
In the following roster, the name of each officer and man is followed by his postoffice address at the time of enlistment. In some instances the soldier was not a resident of Henry County at the time of enlistment but moved to that county after the Civil War. In such cases the name of the county from which he enlisted is substituted for the postoffice address, and that is followed by the place of settlement in Henry County. The date of muster for the officers is the date they were actually mustered into the service of the United States and not the date of commission.
Companies A and B were considered distinctively Henry County organiza- tions and, for that reason, the names of all the members are published with their postoffice addresses, to complete the roster of each of those companies, whether they lived in Henry County or not. Where the postoffice address is unknown, the name of the county from which the soldier enlisted follows his name.
FIELD OFFICERS AND REGIMENTAL STAFF.
COLONEL.
George Humphrey, Fort Wayne. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
John M. Hartley, Knightstown. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
MAJOR.
Wellington F. Howard, Lawrenceburg. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT.
Chauncey B. Oakley, Fort Wayne. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
LIEUTENANT AND QUARTERMASTER.
Tilghman A. H. Cones, Thorntown. Mustered in June 6, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
CAPTAIN AND CHAPLAIN.
Allen W. Monroe, New Albany. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
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MAJOR AND SURGEON.
John McCoy, Thorntown. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
George W. Champ, New Lisbon. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Henry J. Bogart, Thorntown. Mustered in June 8, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
SERGEANT MAJOR.
Waitsel M. Heaton, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT.
J. Lee Furgason, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
HOSPITAL STEWARD.
Orange R. Weaver, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN.
William M. Edwards, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
COMPANY A.
CAPTAIN.
John W. Fort, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
FIRST LIEUTENANT.
Thomas M. Swain, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
SECOND LIEUTENANT.
William H. Bowman, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Jacob W. Allee, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Taylor Allee, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James S. Anderson, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Fenton Atherton, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out .Sep- tember 29, 1864.
James E. Austin, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Jeff H. Barrett, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Ross E. Bennett, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James H. Bowles, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
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Arthur L. Branson, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Theodore F. Brown, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864. Charles C. Budd, Raysville. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Arthur M. Burris, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Daniel H. Burris, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Jacob S. Byers, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Thomas H. Camplin, Greensboro, Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Joel Collins, Spiceland. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
John H. Conklin, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
William L. Cooper, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
William J. Decker, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Luther S. Dillee, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep-
Jonathan P. Dillon, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
tember 29, 1864.
George W. Dowell, Raysville. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Daniel Davidson Duncan, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William M. Edwards, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Principal Musician.
James C. English, Coffin's Station. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Brice D. Fort, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
J. Lee Furgason, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant.
Francis H. Glass, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
John Green, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Warren Hall, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864. Richard Halsey, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Martin B. Harris, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
James J. Hastings, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Joseph B. Hatfield, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Waitsel M. Heaton, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant Major.
Albert E. Hinshaw, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
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William Hinshaw, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William H. H. Holloway, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Tobias Hoover, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James C. Hudelson, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Died at Mumfordsville, Ken- tucky, June 25, 1864.
Samuel H. Hudelson, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
George W. Hull, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Thomas M. Hunt, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Leander M. James, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William James, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Benjamin Kaufman, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Thomas C. Kern, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Daniel Linnen, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Davis S. McFarland, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
John Mason, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Musician. Musterea out September 29, 1864.
Aaron W. Maxwell. Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Frank Millis, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
John Millis, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Lindsay Millis, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William D. Mills, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Seth Modlin, Cadiz. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864. Louis P. Moore, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William B. Parker, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Amos E. Pennington, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Joseph H. Pleas, Spiceland. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Milton M. Reeves, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
George D. Rent, Mechanicsburg. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Daniel Roberts, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James Roberts, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William H. H. Rock, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed First Sergeant. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
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Marquis L. Sisson, Coffin's Station. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
John T. Smith, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Stephen Smith, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Henry H. Starbuck, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Benjamin F. Stratton, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Henry Stuart, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Ithamer J. Stuart, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Clarkson Stubbs, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Samuel H. Turner, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864. ยท James M. Tweedy, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29. 1864.
John W. H. Vance, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
David Ward, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Thomas Waters, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Orange R. Weaver, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Hospital Steward.
Henry C. Welborn, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Davis Winslow, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Henry Yetter, Knightstown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
COMPANY B.
CAPTAIN.
Cornelius M. Moore, New Castle. Mustered in June 6, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
FIRST LIEUTENANT.
William F. Shelley, New Castle. Mustered in June 6, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
SECOND LIEUTENANT.
Isaiah B. Anderson, New Castle. Mustered in June 6, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Daniel C. Albertson, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Peter Archibald, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William M. Babcock, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed First Sergeant. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
John G. Bartow, Middletown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
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George W. Benson, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James Wesley Black, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Cyrus Boldriny, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Harvey F. Brown, Ogden. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
George W. Burk, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
De Witt C. Carpenter, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep-
tember 29, 1864.
William H. Carpenter, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
John B. Case, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James A. Chambers, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
George W. Champ, New Lisbon. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Promoted Assistant Sur- geon.
Zachariah D. Connell, Middletown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Thomas L. Conway, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Elwood Cook, Cadiz. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Wesley Copeland, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Caleb Craig, Cadiz. Mustered in June-5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864. James Cummins, Middletown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Emmel Custer, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James W. Dale, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
William A. Darling, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
John W. Davis, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Richard Delong, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Marshall Dill, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
George W. Edmunson, Coffin's Station. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Robert Firth, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Jesse Gough, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James M. Gray, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Stephen Groves, Wayne County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
John R. Harvey, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Milton Haynes, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
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Greenberry W. Hedges, Cadiz. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29,1864.
Adam K. Henthorne, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
John Hooten, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
David Hoover, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James M. Hoover, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Martin Hudelson, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Ezekiel Huffman, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Parker Ingalls, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
David W. Kinsey, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
John F. Lewis, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Samuel Lowery, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Nicholas McAfee, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
James McConelly, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Jonathan McConelly, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William M. McIntosh, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Wesley D. Mahan, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Doctor C. Marvin, Middletown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Leander P. Mitchell, Mechanicsburg. Mustered in June 5, 1864, Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
George Mooney, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September
29, 1864.
Robert Mooney, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William C. Murphey, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
George Newport, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
John Nicholson, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Sebastian E. Nixon, Greensboro. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William Nordbrook, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Sep- tember 29, 1864.
Andrew J. O'Harra, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Joseph Ogment, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Hugh Pierce, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Died at Mumfordsville, Ken- tucky, July 17, 1864.
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Elwood Pleas, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Jacob Redding, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Lemuel Redding, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mus- tered out September 29, 1864.
Isaac Reynolds, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Daniel Riggle, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
John S. Roberts, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Rowland Robinson, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
John E. Roszell, Ripley County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Luther B. Sanders, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Charles Spencer, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
Andrew W. Sponsler, Wayne County. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
George O. Taylor, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William F. Walker, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out Septem- ber 29, 1864.
Milton Williams, Cadiz. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
William Williams, Cadiz. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Died at Mumfordsville, Ken- tucky, July 20, 1864.
Richard Wilson, New Castle. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September
29, 1864.
Robert A. Young, Middletown. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
COMPANY H.
PRIVATE.
John Hayden, Fayette County. Straughn after the Civil War. Mustered in June 5, 1864. Mustered out September 29, 1864.
HISTORY OF THE
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINTH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
The Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin having offered to raise for the service of the General Government a force of volunteers to serve for one hundred days, Governor Morton, on the 23d of April, 1864, issued his call for Indiana's proportion of that force. The troops thus raised were to perform such military services as might be required of them in any State, and were to be armed, subsisted, clothed and paid by the United States, but were not to receive any bounty. These troops were designed to aid in making the cam- paign of 1864 successful and decisive, by relieving a large number of veterans
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from garrison and guard duty, and allow them to join their companions in arms, then about entering upon one of the most active and important campaigns of the war. Their places were filled by the One Hundred Days' Men as fast as the latter could be organized into regiments and sent forward from the camps of rendezvous. The organizations from Indiana consisted of eight regiments, numbered con- secutively from the One Hundred and Thirty Second to the One Hundred and Thirty Ninth, inclusive.
Each of these regiments, except the 139th, was sent to Tennessee, and on arriving at Nashville, was assigned to duty at different places along the lines of the Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee and Alabama, and Memphis and Charleston railroads; and. until the latter part of August, 1864, were kept con- stantly engaged in guarding these lines of communication, used by General Sher- man for the transportation of supplies to his army then advancing on Atlanta. The regiments all served beyond the period of one hundred days and returned to Indianapolis where they were finally discharged from service.
The One Hundred and Thirty Ninth Regiment was organized and mustered into service, at Indianapolis on the 8th of June, 1864, with George Humphrey as Colonel, and soon after, proceeded to Kentucky. The companies composing the regiment were raised as follows : Elizaville, Lawrenceburg, Kendallville, Knights- town, Connersville, New Castle, Portland and Vevay each furnished one company, while New Albany and Metamora furnished a consolidated company, and Colum- bia City, New Haven and New Philadelphia furnished another.
The regiment served in Kentucky along the line of the Louisville and Nash- ville Railroad, with headquarters at Mumfordsville.
While the term of enlistment of the regiment was for one hundred days only, yet it was mustered in June 5, and not mustered out until September 29, 1864. The two companies from this county were each enrolled and in camp two weeks or more before they were mustered into the United States service.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DANIEL H. BURRIS.
PRIVATE, COMPANY A, IO5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; PRIVATE, COMPANY A, 139TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; PRIVATE, UNASSIGNED, 22ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; FARMER AND BLACKSMITH.
The first of the Burris family to come into Henry County, Indiana, was Daniel Burris, accompanied by his wife, Mary (Horton) Burris. This couple emigrated originally from North Carolina to Highland County, Ohio, where they settled, but the length of their stay there cannot now be determined. About the year 1830, they moved from there to Indiana where they settled in the south- western part of Henry County, near the present site of the village of Elizabeth City, about seven miles northwest of Knightstown. He was a member of the Friends' Church and like so many other members of that body hated with a righteous fervor the institution of slavery. He was an abolitionist and in the days of slavery assisted runaway negroes along the underground route to Canada. He was born in North Carolina on July 10, 1771, and his wife was born in the same State on March 25, 1778. They were married in North Carolina about the year 1794. They lived to be very old people and dying were both buried in the cemetery at Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana.
Daniel Burris and his wife evidently belonged to that strenuous class, so often approved by President Theodore Roosevelt ; they also plainly believed the Bible in- junction, "Multiply and replenish the earth," since they were the parents of sixteen children, twelve boys and four girls, namely: Rachel, born March 21, 1795; Stephen, born November 5. 1797; John H., born July 3, 1799: Jacob, born February 1, 1801, Martha, born April 13, 1803; Daniel and Mary, twins, born April 21, 1805; Bowater, born February 25, 1807; Abraham, born March 10, 1809: Moses, born February 6, 1811 ; Horton, born March II. 1813; Miles, born December 6, 1814; Andrew, born April 10, 1816; Louis, born February 22, 1818; Elias, born June 1. 1819; and Rebecca, born January 17, 1821.
Daniel Burris, on coming to Indiana from Ohio, entered on April 23, 1831, the following described piece of land, embracing one hundred and thirty two acres, being the northwest quarter (fractional), section one, township sixteen north, range eight east. This land adjoins the plat of Elizabeth City on the north- west and is now owned by Kinnan T. White. This was then virgin land, covered with heavy timber and almost impenetrable undergrowth, but it was not long before, like their fellow pioneers, the family went to work building their cabin. clearing the land and in the then primitive way commencing to farm. Looking over this land today and over other lands, not only in that vicinity but throughout the State of Indiana, the beholder, however much he may know of pioneer history, has but a dim and inadequate conception of the hardihood and toil required to transform the wilderness into farms and gardens hardly surpassed for beauty of scene and fertility of soil.
DANIEL H. BURRIS.
John H. Burris, the third child and second son of Daniel Burris, and his wife. Elizabeth (Kinder) Burris, a sister of George Kinder, of Charlottesville, Hancock
Daniel H Burris
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County, Indiana, recently deceased, were the parents of Daniel H. Burris, the subject of this sketch, who was born April 27, 1846, and has resided at Elizabeth City during his whole life. John H. Burris, his father, was a farmer and blacksmith, who carried on his trade at Elizabeth City. He was twice married and reared a large family. Daniel H. was his son by the second wife. John H. Burris was killed on the railroad track near Raysville, Henry County, in 1868. Having been across the river to Knightstown, he was walking along the track towards the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Coon, whom he was visiting, and being hard of hearing, he was run down by a train and instantly killed.
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