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DAVID B. JULIEN.
David B. Julien was born in Warren county, Ohio, June 6, 1824, and came to Carroll county in 1843. He was a farmer. He was president of the Old Settler's Society. He was one of the solid men of the county. He died on January 20, 1904.
LUCINDA KENDALL.
Lucinda Kendall was born in Kentucky, December 5, 1809, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1835, and settled in Rock Creek township, where she lived until her death, which occurred on February 20, 1907. She was the mother of thirteen children, four of whom survived her. At the time of her death she was the oldest person in the county. Her husband died many years prior to her death. Mrs. Kendall was truly a pioneer mother. «She was loved and honored by her children and all who knew her.
JAMES W. KILGORE.
James W. Kilgore was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1822. He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1846. He formed a partnership with William Dunkle, and manufactured plows, wagons and other agricultural implements for many years. This firm constructed a portable engine, one of the first in use in this country.
Mr. Kilgore served as county commissioner in 1880. He was married to Mrs. Mary A. Witherow, April 7, 1852. Three sons were born to this union. He died about twenty-five years ago.
JOHN LENON, SR.
John Lenon, Sr., with his wife and thirteen children, came from Ohio to Carroll county, Indiana, in October, 1829, and located on a farm east of Camden. John Lenon, Sr., died on November 30, 1843, leaving his wife and the following named children surviving: Anna, James B., David H., Lewis, George W., Henry, John, Elizabeth, Susan, Samuel, Robert S., Levi and Louisa. Henry Lenon died in boyhood, December 5, 1845. Elizabeth, wife of John Lenon, Sr., died on September 30, 1848. Anna (Lenon) Shanks and James R. L.enon died since the year 1848. Susan, wife of James Cline, died since the year 1854. Lewis Lenon died on August 4, 1888. John
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Lenon, Jr., died on July 24, 1905. Levi Lenon died on January 24, 1913. Robert S. Lenon died on December 18, 1911. Elizabeth, wife of John Martin, died in Nebraska in 1911. George W. Lenon died on August 3, 1900. Louisa Lenon died since 1857. Samuel Lenon is the only surviving member of the family and is now in his eighty-seventh year.
ROBERT S. LENON.
Robert S. Lenon died at his home in Camden, Monday evening, Deceni- ber 18, 1908, and the announcement of his death created a deep and wide- spread sorrow, for he had a large acquaintance and everyone who knew him mourned his death. He was born in Jackson township in July, 1830, and, with the exception of a few years spent in Cass county, he has lived con- tinuously in this county.
In 1857 Robert S. Lenon was married to Sarah Jane Caldwell, and to them ten daughters were born, eight of whom survived. They are: Mrs. Monroe Martin, Mrs. William Yerkes, Mrs. Newton Yerkes, Mrs. Z. L. Truesdale, Mrs. Howard Heiland, all of Camden; Mrs. Art Shanks, near Deer Creek; and Belle and Margaret. at home; two brothers, Samuel and Levi, also survived him.
In all his life nothing but good was spoken of Robert Lenon, and now. that he is dead nothing but good will ever be remembered of him. Funeral services were held from the Paint Creek church, the services. being in charge of Rev. J. R. Wilson, of Indianapolis, and W. H. Oliphant, of Crawfords- ville. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
WILLIAM LOVE. .
William Love was born in Lincoln county, Missouri, June 8, 1819, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, locating in Adams township. Mr. Love was married to Deborah Cochran, March 15, 1842. He was elected, in 1888. county commissioner. and re-elected in 1861. He was one of the sub- stantial citizens of his township. He died about twenty years ago.
JAMES MCDOWELL.
James McDowell was born in North Carolina. He came to Carroll county in August, 1826. He came here from Vigo county, Indiana, having. moved there from Darke county, Ohio. He had sixteen children, fourteen
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of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. His wife gathered nettles, which were very abundant. and worked the lint into clothing. To raise fourteen children to the age of self-support, in a country to be made inhabit- able, with all the privations incident to a new country, is a remarkable feat. Mr. McDowell died many years ago. His wife and all the children are dead.
JOHN MCCAIN.
John McCain was born in Jackson township, Carroll county, Indiana, September 2, 1830. He was a pioneer by birth. He was a respected farmer. He died on April 20. 1902, leaving a wife and three daughters.
CATHARINE MCREYNOLDS.
Catharine McReynolds was born in Russell county, Virginia, February 15, 1813. She was married to Wilson McReynolds, in Virginia, in the year 1841, and with her husband came to Rock Creek township, in this county, in 1853. locating on a farm. Mrs. McReynolds died on June 25, 1909, leaving one son.
JAMES G. MALCOM.
James G. Malcom was born in Vigo county, Indiana, February 4, 1821, and came to Carroll county. Indiana, in 1831. He was married to Jane McCall, June 22, 1843, who died in 1904. He was one of the old settlers who witnessed the march of the Indians in 1832 on their way to their west- ern homes. He was a member of the Old Settler's Society, and was familiar with the early events of his township. He died on May 9, 1900, and was survived by two sons, Rev. A. G. Malcom, of Pennsylvania, and A. R. Malcom. of Sleeth.
RICHARD MANARY.
Richard Manary died at Delphi, May 19, 1892. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 14, 1821, and at the time of his demise .was aged seventy years, eleven months and five days. He was well known as one of the oldest pioneers, having, with his father, settled on the south bank of Deer creek in 1825. For sixty-seven years he was a resident of Delphi and before his death was one of three persons living who settled here in the year 1825. He was a soldier in the Mexican War. having enlisted under Gen. R. H. Milroy.
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Richard Manary was married in 1850 to Delilah Booth, who survived him. The addition to the town (now city ) of Delphi, known as Manary's addition >will perpetuate' his name better than stone or marble. He was a peaceable citizen and an industrious man. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. J. A. Maxwell and was attended by a large number of old citizens.
ABRAHAM F. MARTIN.
Abraham F. Martin was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in November, 1810 .. He came to Carroll county in 1834 and the same year united with the Delphi Baptist church, and was a member until his death. He was married to Amanda Burt, May 15, 1838. He was for several years engaged in the mercantile business in Delphi. He was engaged in the fruit and garden business for many years. He died on November 15, 1898, and left a wife and three sons.
AMANDA MARTIN.
Amanda Martin was born in Scott county. Kentucky, December 28, 1814. Her maiden name was Amanda Burt, and with her father's family. she came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1833., She was married to Abraham F. Martin, May 15, 1838. She was one of the first members of the Delphi Baptist church. Her husband died on November 15, 1898. Mrs. Martin died on October 25, 1899, survived by one son.
JAMES MATHEWS.
James Mathews was born in Louisville, Kentucky, September 10, 1821, and came to Tippecanoe township, this county, in 1844. He was a grain dealer and shipper. He died on December 18, 1884.
GEN. SAMUEL MILROY.
Gen. Samuel Milroy was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, August 14. 1780. He was a lineal descendant of Robert Bruce. He was eleven years old when his father died. He was married in Center county, Penn- sylvania, where his wife died, leaving a daughter and one son. In 1806 he went to Nelson county, Kentucky, and there married Martha Huston in 1810, and to this union ten children were born, seven sons and three daugh- ers. In 1814 he moved to Washington county, Indiana, and purchased land.
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He represented his county in the Constitutional Convention at Corydon, Harrison county, on the 10th of June, 1816. He was elected a representa- tive to the first Legislature, which met at Corydon, in December, 1816. Governor Posey commissioned him a major in 1816. He was commissioned a colonel by Governor Jennings in 1817; and a brigadier-general in 1819. He was speaker of the House in 1821.
In the spring of 1826 General Milroy came to this county and entered eighty acres of land one mile east of Delphi, where, with a large family of grown children, he made a home. In 1827-8, he presented a petition to the Legislature for the organization of the county, and on January 7, 1828, an Act was passed, authorizing the organization of the county and commission- ers were named to lay off the county by metes and bounds, and fix the seat of justice. General Milroy was the originator of the name "Delphi," as the name for the county seat. Delphi, as known in history, was a small Grecian city, situated on the southern slope of Mt. Parnassus, and built in the form of an amphitheater. There are several traditional theories as to the derivation of the name Delphi. One makes it Tel phi, "the oracle of the sun," another says it is probably derived from the ancient names of the sun. However, its antiquity cannot be questioned.
General Milroy was the agent to sell town lots laid out. He held appointments from the general government, to examine land offices and was register of the land office at Crawfordsville. He was selected as repre- sentative of his district, but resigned to retain his land office appointment. He was a delegate to the first Democratic national convention ever held in the United States, at Baltimore, in 1832. In 1835. he was appointed by President -Jackson, one of the board of visitors of the West Point Military, Academy. In 1837 and in 1838 he was again elected representative from Carroll county to the Legislature. In 1836 he represented the counties of. Carroll and Clinton in the state Senate. He opposed the state borrowing ten millions of dollars to launch the internal improvement system. In 1839 General Milroy was appointed agent for the Miami and Pottawatomie Indians and in 1840 was successful in aiding the commissioners in purchas- ing the great reservations of these tribes of Indians. In 1845 he was again appointed to the same position by President Polk. He died while in office, on the 26th of May. 1845. Thus passed away one of the most noted men of the Wabash valley.
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GEN. ROBERT H. MILROY.
Gen. Robert H. Milroy was born on June 11, 1816, in Washington county, Indiana, and with his father, Gen. Samuel Milroy, came to Carroll county. Indiana, in 1826. He attended the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont, graduating from that institution in 1843. He attended the law school at Bloomington University, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Law. He entered the service in the Mexican War, as captain of Company C, a volunteer company from Carroll county, in 1846. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1850. He located in 1854 in Rensselaer, Indi- ana. He was the colonel of the Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. He was commissioned brigadier-general. Febru- ary 6, 1862, and a major general. in November, 1862. He served during the war. In 1872 he went to Washington territory and held by appoint- ment the office of superintendent of Indian affairs. He died in the state of Washington, March 29, 1890.
MAJ. JOHN B. MILROY.
Maj. John B. Milroy was born in Washington county, Indiana, January 8, 1820. He was a son of Gen. Samuel Milroy. With his father he came to Carroll county in 1826. . He was a farmer and lived on a farm two and one-half miles east of Delphi. He was married to Matilda Stansell, a daughter of Enoch Stansell, June 17. 1845, and to this union were born three children, one son and two daughters. His wife died about 1870.
Major Milroy represented this county in the Legislature in 1852, 1862 and 1864. He was county auditor, by appointment, to fill out the unexpired term of E. Hedge, who died in 1857. He was elected county treasurer in 1870, serving one term. In the War of 1861 he enlisted and was captain of Company A, from this county, of the Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years and was promoted to major. He declined the position of lieutenant-colonel of the Seventy-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He died at his home in South Delphi, November 29, 1896.
SAMUEL L. MILROY.
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Samuel L. Milroy was born in Washington county, Indiana, January 17. 1823, and came to Carroll county in 1826, with his father's family, Gen. (12)
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Samuel Milroy. He was married to Phebe J. Conover, November 21, 1854, and to this union were born one daughter and three sons. Mr. Milroy was a soldier in the Mexican War, and was in the company of which his brother, Gen. R. H. Milroy, was the captain. He was one of the number who went to the California gold fields in 1849. He came into possession of the old homestead and lived thereon until his death, which occurred on January 6, 1901. His wife died on October 16, 1899. His children surviving him were Charles, William, Harry and Mrs. Ballard, of Logansport. William D. Milroy died in 1906, at Logansport.
JAMES W. MILROY.
James W. Milroy was born in Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1827. He married Lydia Bossard, a daughter of David Bossard, in the year 1854. He went to Washington territory in 1872, and lived at Gray's Harbor, where he died in 1897, leaving a wife and three sons.
JOHN MUSSELMAN.
John Musselman was born in Ohio, August 27, 1825, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1833, settling on a farm east of Cam- den. He was married to Hannah Fisher. To this union were born three children, two daughters and one son. Mr. Musselman was a pioneer of Jackson township. He died at Flora, February 22, 1910.
JAMES ODELL, SR.
James Odell, Sr., was born in South Carolina, March 10, 1765. The grandfather of James Odell, Sr., was Thomas Odell, who came from Scot- land to America and settled in South Carolina, in the year 1600. The chil- dren of Thomas Odell were James, John, Eli, Ruth, Martha and Sarah Odell. James Odell, Sr., the subject of this sketch, was a son of John Odell, a son of Thomas Odell.
Ruth Odell, a daughter of John Odell, and sister of James Odell, Sr., married Moses Hendrix, in South Carolina. Sarah and Martha Odell, sis- ters of the subject of this sketch, married two brothers, named Whitney. There is no record of the sons James and Eli. Tradition has it that some of the members of the family of Thomas Odell emigrated north, probably to New York. There is no record that any of the married daughters of Thomas Odell ever left the state of South Carolina.
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James Odell, Sr., was married twice in the state of South Carolina. His first wife was Charlotta Rogers and to this union one child, a daughter, Charlotta, was born on September 25, 1789. His wife died after two years of married life. He was married to his second wife, Sarah Martindale. To this union were born eleven children, the date and place of birth being as follow: Elizabeth, born in South Carolina, January 2, 1797; Martha, born in South Carolina, January 23, 1798; John, born in South Carolina, April 22, 1799; Mary, born in South Carolina, December 22, 1800; William H., born in South Carolina, March 19, 1802; Anna, born in Ohio, September 25, 1804; Ruth, born in Ohio, December 20, 1806; Sarah, born in Indiana, December 28, 1808; James, Jr., born in Indiana, September 10, 1810; Elisha, born in Indiana, January 26, 1813; Eleanor, born in Indiana, December 25, 1817.
James Odell, Sr., moved from South Carolina, in 1802, to Ohio, and from there to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1807. He lived on a farm near Richmond and from there he moved to the Wea Plains, near Lafayette, in 1824, and raised a corn crop. The next spring he moved up to this terri- tory, locating on land two miles east of Delphi. His family and married children all came with him. He entered a number of tracts of land here. Charlotta, a daughter of his first wife married John Doane, in Wayne county, December 28, 1809, and with her husband went to South Bend to live. Elizabeth married B. D. Angel, in Wayne county, September 16, 1815. Martha married John Gibson, in Wayne county, January 1, 1818. John married Sarah Holman, in Wayne county, in March, 1820. Ruth married John Carey, in Wayne county, August 26, 1824. Anna married Aaron Wiles, in Wayne county, January 9, 1825. All of these married children became settlers of this county. James Odell, Jr., was married in this county, July 7, 1836. Eleanor married Isaac Jackson, in this county, September 23, 1841.
The wife of James Odell, Sr., died on May 20, 1827. His son-in-law, B. D. Angel, died on September 16, 1825. After these two deaths Mr. Odell moved into the Angel home with his unmarried children and the two families lived together many years. His son, Elisha, died on June 20, 1834. His daughter, Anna (Odell) Milles, died on December 13, 1825. Elizabeth (Odell) Angel died on November 23, 1840. Mr. Odell's son-in-law, John Carey, went to the territory of Oregon in 1848. John Gibson died in Wayne county, Indiana. John Doane died in Illinois, also his wife, Charlotta, who died on 'December 28, 1869. John Odell, in 1851, moved to Oregon terri- tory, where he died on March 20, 1869. Ruth (Odell) Carey died in 1873.
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in Oregon. Martha (Odell) Gibson died in Carroll county in 1863. James Odell, Jr., died in Delphi, June 4, 1891. Eleanor (Odell ) Jackson died on July 31, 1894. James Odell, Sr., died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Jackson, April 17, 1845.
James Odell, Sr., while a young man, entered the service of his state in the War of the Revolution. He was a typical pioneer, a man of large physique and a natural-born leader of men. Among the host of descend- ants not one has been a confirmed drunkard. His remains were interred on the farm that B. D. Angel entered from the government.
JAMES ODELL, JR.
James Odell. Jr., was born in Wayne county, Indiana, September 10, 1810, and with his father, James Odell, Sr., and family, came to this locality in the spring of 1825. He was married to Sarah Hatfield, a daughter of Wheatly Hatfield, July 7, 1836, and to this union were born seven children, as follow: William, the eldest, died in infancy; John C .; Elisha ; Cyrus ; James D .; Martha, who died in infancy; Sarah J. and Frank P. Sarah J. died in 1871. James D. died on September 30, 1911. Frank P. died on May 13, 1915. Mrs. Sarah Odell died on October 17, 1876.
James Odell, Jr., lived on his farm forty-six years. He taught several terms of school in a log school house when a young man. He was one of the early sherriffs of the county in 1834 and county commissioner in 1845 and 1853. He represented the county in the Legislature in 1848 and was state senator from Carroll and Clinton counties in 1858. In 1870 he was elected clerk of the Carroll circuit court, and served two terms. He was one of the founders of the Old Settler's Society and one of the directors of the Chicago Airline Railway Company. He took an active interest in promot- ing agriculture in county fairs and educational matters. He was adminis- trator of many estates and guardian of many orphan children. He died on June 4, 1891, survived by five sons.
JOHN S. PEARSON.
John S. Pearson was born in Ohio, and came to Carroll county, Indi- ana, in the year 1848, and located in Adams township. He was a prosper- ous farmer and a highly-respected citizen. He died on April 16, 1902, leav- ing a wife and five children. He was seventy-nine years old at date of . death.
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GEORGE W. PIGMAN.
George W. Pigman was born in Clermont county, Maryland, August 31, 1811. His father and mother, Joshua and Naney Pigman, were natives of the state of Maryland and moved to Ohio in 1836. George W. Pigman came to Delphi in the year 1836, and for thirty years was engaged in the mercantile business. He was married to Caroline S. Armstrong, in Ripley county, Ohio, April 5, 1838, and to this union were born eight chil- dren, five sons and three daughters, namely: William, George, James C. Frank, Charles, Mary B., Lillie and Lucy. Of the above named, William, Frank, Lucy and James are dead.
Mr. Pigman was county auditor from 1842 to 1851, county commis- sioner in 1869, and clerk of the Carroll circuit court from 1879 to 1882. He was a member of the Delphi Methodist Episcopal church for many years and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife died on November 10, 1910. at the age of ninety years. He died in 1882, leav- ing his wife and the following named children: James, George, Charles, Mary B. (Pigman) Dewey, Lillie ( Pigman) Pollard, and Lucy ( Pigman) Anderson, of whom Mrs. Lucy Anderson and James Pigman have since died.
MOSES PLANK.
Moses Plank was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1817, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1839 and located in Monroe township. He was married to Eliza Harter, June 24, 1841, and to this union were born seven children, four of whom survived him, his death occurring on August 14, 1908. He held the office of justice of the peace for over fifty years. By occupation he was a carpenter. He lived a beauti- ful life.
LYDIA P. POLLARD.
Lydia P. Pollard was born in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, December 9, 1822, and came to America at the age of ten years. She moved to Americus, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and resided with her brothers, Drs. Charles and Anthony Garrett, and later went with her brother, Charles, to Mobile, Alabama, where, in 1844, she was united in marriage to Robert P. Pollard. Following the death of her husband in 1857 and the ruin of her plantation during the war, she left the South with her four children and
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came to Delphi. She died on March 14, 1908, leaving two sons, G. R. and Robert C. and two daughters, Mrs. C. B. Lyons and Mrs. Charles Case.
ENOCH RINEHART.
Enoch Rinehart was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, August 17, 1815, and emigrated to Lafayette, Indiana, in the year of 1836; from there he went to Monticello, Indiana, and in 1839 came to Delphi, where he resided until his death, which occurred on October 30, 1895.
Mr. Rinehart served as county sheriff for two terms, from 1844 to 1848. He was engaged with George Robertson in the manufacture of paper a number of years. In 1857, he, in connection with Vine Holt, erected a brick block on the south side of Main street, opposite the public square, known as the Holt & Rinehart block. He resided on the corner of Front and Market street. He was an active man in public improvements and a leading spirit in obtaining the Airline railway, now known as the Monon railroad. He gave much time to the encouragement of the agri- culture societies without pay or hope of reward. He was a charter member of Mount Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, instituted on June 13, 1842. He was a member of Advance Lodge No. 220; and a mem- ber of Delphi Lodge No. 516, Free and Accepted Masons. Enoch Rinehart was married to Elizabeth F. Parker in Springfield, Virginia, June 6, 1845, whose death occurred three years thereafter. He was married, secondly, to Isabell Moore, July 14, 1849; to this union three sons were born, namely : Edward M., William A. and Harry M. Mrs. Rinehart died on December 22, 1884, aged fifty-three years.
ABNER ROBINSON.
Abner Robinson was born in Kentucky, August 1, 1801, and with his father's family came to this county, December 31, 1824, locating on land entered by Henry Robinson, one mile southeast of Delphi, on the south side of Deer creek.' He was married to Sarah Barnes in Montgomery county, Ohio, January 18, 1824. Henry Robinson and his wife, Abner Robinson and his wife, two unmarried brothers and one sister, composed the first white people who started the settlement here which grew to large propor- tions in later years.
Abner Robinson was a mechanic and in 1833 started the ·building of a mill which was in operation in 1835, of which he was the foreman until
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1840. He shipped flour to New Orleans by the Wabash river in 1832 and made the second trip in 1845. His father died in 1845. In 1848 he bought a small tract of land on the west side of the Wabash, about five miles east and north of Delphi, where he lived until his death, which occurred in March, 1879. Mr. Robinson was one of the first members of the organiza- tion of the Presbyterian church. He was, from June 9, 1855, the president of the Old Settler's Society until his death. All the members of the Robin- son family have long since died.
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