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JOHN T. CASTLE, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Cass County, Ind., is a native of Frederick County, Md., and was born March 29, 1807. His parents, George V. and Catherine (Horine ) Castle, were also both natives of Frederick County, Md., and of English, Scotch and German extraction. They were married in Frederick County, Md., and from there moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, and subsequently to Butler County, Ohio, where the father died. The mother afterward came to Cass County, Ind., where she resided until her death. They were the parents of thirteen children, viz .: John T., Priscilla, George V. B., Mahala, Noah, Isaac, Rebecca, Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Mary, Huldah and Peter. John T., our subject, the eldest member of the family, was married in Warren County, Ohio, March 22, 1836, to Sarah A., daughter of
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Arthur and Sarah ( Eckles ) Foffield. She was born in Butler County, Ohio, January 9. 1518. In August, 1536. Mr. Castle, our subject. immigrated to Cass County Ind., and settled upon land in Section 10. Harrison Township, which he had entered in the fall previously. Here he toiled and Inbored hard to subdue and cultivate his land. and resided twenty-eight years. He then settled upon the land where he now resides, in Section 10, where he has resided since. He owns a fine farm of so aeres of land, which is well improved. He is n highly esteemed man. He and wife are members of the Metluxlist Episcopal Church. He has had no children born to him. WILLIAM DONOVAN was born in County Cork, Ireland. March 9, 1526. His parents, William and Mary ( Hurley ) Dono- van, were also natives of County Cork, Ireland, where they were married, and from there immigrated to Quebec, Canada, and from there, a few weeks Inter, to New York, and subsequently to Lun- easter County. Penn., where the mother died; and in 1>34 the father, with his family, moved to Wabash Conaty. Ind., and in 1940 to Cass County, Ind., settling upon a part of the same farm on which our subject now resides, in Harrison Township, Section 13. which he had entered in 1536. He was the father of two mine. Dennis and William, our subject. He came with his father to this county in 1540; was married. in Wabash County, Ind., November 28, Is47, to Mary Coughlin, who was born in Lancaster County. Penn., in December, 1530, and a daughter of John and Ellen > Ho- land ) Coughlin. After Mr. Donovan's marriage he settled upon the land which his father had entered in Section 13, Harrison Town- ship, where he resided until Iss0, when he settled upon another farm adjoining it, which he had purchased previously, where he has since resided. He owns af present 120 acres of land. Has had born to him four children: Mary E .. John F., William P. and Dennis E. Mr. Donovan and family are members of the Catholic Church.
DANIEL FOGLESONG, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Cass County. Ind .. is a native of Rush County. Ind, and was born March 14, 1923. His parents, George and Mary ( Overleese ) Fogle. song, were natives of Maryland aml Kentucky, respectively. The former, George Foglesong, was the eldest of three sons, born to George and Mary Foglesong, who were both natives of Germany. and from there immigrated to the United States in an early dsy. He was born in Maryland in November. 1501; was married to Mary Overleese in Montgomery County, Ohio, and from there, in 1521. moved to Rush County. Ind., where he resided until 1535, when he moved to Cass County. Ind., where he afterward resided until death. He died in 1863, and his wife died in ISTS. They were the par- ents of thirteen children: Abraham, Daniel, Levi, John, Lydia, Eliza, Mary, George, Sarah. Rebecen, Amanda, Leonard and an in- fant daughter, who died young and not named. Daniel, our sub-
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ject, came with his parents to this county in 1835, where he has re- sided since. He was married, in Harrison Township, this county, October 9, 1844, to Sarah J., daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Borum ) Remley. She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, April 20, 1821. After our subject's marriage he settled upon his present farm, where he has resided since. His wife died August 8, 1873, having borne him seven children: Mary, John, Huldah, Sidney A., Sarah I .. Martha A. and Daniel S. September 30, 1874, Mr. Foglesong mar- ried Sarah J., daughter of Emanuel and Eliza ( Deer ) Grauel. She was born in Cass County, Ind., August 16, 1845. By this marriage two children have been born to Mr. Foglesong: Harvey and Flora. Mr. Foglesong was elected to the office of commissioner of Cass County in 1874, and held the office three years. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ISAAC GRANT, an esteemed pioneer of Cass County, was born in Brown County, Ohio, February 5, 1828. His parents, William and Phebe (Washburn) Grant, were natives of Ken- tucky and Ohio, respectively, and immigrated to Cass County, Ind., in the spring of 1830, where they afterward resided until death. They were the parents of eleven children, viz .: John L., Moses C., Isaac, Nancy A., Lewis, Simon B., Cyrus, George W .. Lydia J., James A. T. and William R. Isaac, our subject, came with his parents to this county in 1830, where he resided until 1852, when he went to California, where he engaged in mining and farm- ing, and resided until 1860, in which year he returned to Cass County, Ind., and in December, 1861, enlisted in Company B, For- ty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until September, 1865, when he was mustered out, and afterward returned to Cass County, Ind., where he was married, December 2, 1865, to Minerva J., daughter of Aaron and Trece Ann (Corts ) Pool. She was born in Brown County, Ohio, May 4, 1842. After our subject's marriage, he settled upon the farm where he at present resides. He owns 270 acres of fine land. Has had born to him five children, viz .: Artemas W. (deceased) ; Arthur L. (deceased) ; William D. B., John A. W. and Frank M. Mr. Grant is an enterprising and highly respected man. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
JOHN HERD was born in Yorkshire, England, March 1, 1838, and is the third child born to John and Agnes (Steinton) Herd, both natives of Yorkshire. The father of the subject of this sketch was a game-keeper on the estate of Lord Upton. When John, Jr .. ·was ten years old, his father came to America and settled on the farm where John now lives. Owing to unfortunate sickness in child- hood he was crippled so that he has always been unable to perform manual labor. He was educated in the public schools, and such select schools as could be reached without going out of the State, and finally took a course in a commercial college at Chicago. About
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17 be commenced teaching in the common schools of this counts Ho purchased the interests of other heirs in the homestend, and car ries on a farm of 2ft noren. March 10, 1575. he was married to Emma Burton, daughter of Lavi Burton, of this township. Four children Martha Agnes, Nora. John P. and Flora. Mr Hurd has till d the office of truster of his township once, und at other times « del upon by his party | Republican ) to fill important truste
I. M KING, an old and highly enterment pioneer of Cans ( tv. is n native of Harrison County, Ky., and was born June 2 1.17 The parents from whom he descended were Armintend and Lhe beth King, who were both natives of North Carolina The foriner, Armistend King, was a son of Joseph and Sarah King, what movil from North Carolina to Bracken County. Ky., in a very early d , and afterward resided until death. They were the parents of we' n children. viz Lydia. George, William D., Susan. Nancy John and Armistand, the father of our subject. the eldest member of the family, a soldier in the war of 1\12. Ht. was married in Harri- son County, Ky, and from there, in 130, moved to Rush County. lul .. and from there to Boone County, Ind .. where they lived until their death. They were the parents of seven children, viz. Jarl R., Martha, Elizabeth, June, Sarah. Armistend 14 and Innac M our subject, the oldest member of the family. He was married m Rush County, Ind., November 30. 1536, to Amanda M .. daughter of Henry and Sarah ( Swigard, Sageser. She was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 1. 1\21, After Mr King's marriage he pur- cheed land and settled in Rush County. Ind., where he resided un. til the spring of 1-39, at which time he moved to C'ass County. Ind .. and purchased and settled upon the same farm on which he now re- sides. He owns Is0 acres of time land. Has had born to him six children, viz: Mary M .. born March 4. 1539, died June 7. 1571: Leonard B., born May 2. 1>11 : Armistend, born November 9. 1-43. died March 1. 1879: Edward G., born January 22. 1519, died Au- gust 25. 1961: Richard B., born August , 1552: Isaac M., born February . 1-55. Mr. King and wife are members of the Chris- ti Church.
FREDERICK KLING was born in Germany. June 5. 1530. His parents, Peter and Mary Kling, immigrated to the United States 11 1>17, first settling near Buffalo, N. Y., and from there, in 1852, moved to Case County, Ind. where they afterward resided until douth. They were the parents of six children, viz .. Frederick. Mand. Valentine, Mary. Elizabeth and Clara. Frederick, our sub. jeet. enme with his parents to Cass County, Ind .. in 1952, and has lived here since. He was married at Logansport, May 29, 1860. to Sophia Smith, who was born in Germany March 16, 1834. After Mr Kling's marriage be settled upon the farm on which he now re. sules, in Harrison Township, Section 30. He owns 121 acres of
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fine and well improved land. Has had a family of eight children, viz .: Mary, Joseph, Sophia, Catherine, Emma, Clara, William G. and one daughter, who died in infancy and not named.
JOHN MORPHET was born in Yorkshire, England, August 17. 1831. His parents, Richard and Sarah (Gibson ) Morphet, were also both natives of Yorkshire, England, and were both born in the year 1798. They resided in Yorkshire until their deaths, which oc- curred as follows: The mother died November 22, 1869, and the father March 8, 1879. They were the parents of nine children, viz. : Richard; Leonard, Thomas, John, Thomas M., Elizabeth, William, Mary and one daughter, who died in infancy and not named. John, our subject, immigrated to Cass County, Ind., in 1851, set- tling in Harrison Township, and in February, 1853, purchased . a part of the same farm on which he now resides. On July 30, 1859, he married Miss Sarah J., daughter of John and Susan Burton. She was born in Cass County, Ind., June 7, 1839. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Morphet, viz .: Richard L., born July 18, 1860; John W., born March 11, 1862; Sarah S., born February 5, 1864; Mary A., born October 4, 1866; Elizabeth C., born September 4, 1869; Phebe J., born February 15, 1873; Char- ley L., born May 16, 1878, and died August 7, 1879; and Earl B., born July 11, 1884. Mr. Morphet and wife are members of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM MORRISON was born in Fayette County, Ohio, August 16, 1826, the son of Daniel and Nancy A. (Pinkerton) Mor- rison, who were natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively, and of Scotch and Irish extraction. The former, Daniel Morrison, was a son of William Morrison, who was a native of Orange Coun- ty, N. Y. His father, Daniel Morrison, was a native of Scot- land, and emigrated from there to Orange County, N. Y., at a very early day. William Morrison, the grandfather of our sub- ject, was born in Orange County, N. Y., in the year 1776. He married a Miss Affie Crane, and in 1816 immigrated to Fayette County, Ohio, where he afterward resided until his death, which occured in 1836. He was the father of eight children, viz .: Oliver, Daniel, John, Samuel D., Maria, Josiah, Ann J. and Eleanor. Daniel, the father of our subject, the next to the oldest member of family, was born in Orange County, N. Y .. April 9, 1801. He moved with his parents to Fayette County, Ohio, where he was mar- ried in September, 1825, to Nancy A., daughter of David and Eliz- abeth (Miskimmins) Pinkerton; she was born in Allegheny County, Penn., August 5, 1803. After Mr. Daniel and Nancy A. Morrison's marriage, they settled in Fayette County, Ohio, where they resided until 1838, at which time they moved to Cass County, Ind., where he died April 20, 1877. His widow still survives, and now makes her home with her children, which were seven in number, viz .:
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William, Elennor, Ann E., Theodore P., June, Marthn M and Dan il D. William, our subject, the oldest member of the family, came with his parents to this county in 1536, where he resided until 1551 when he went to Columbus, Ohio, and he was employed as an attendent in the State Lunatic Asylum, of that place, for three years He was married nt Columbus, Ohio, May 2, 1554 ta Wilhelmina. daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Markle Cook. She was born in Berks County, Peun., October 30, 1529. In 1954 Mr. Morrison, our subject, moved to Cass County. Ind., where he has resided since He owns 176 acres of fine and well improved land. Has hid born to him six children, viz: Hiram (deceased), Edward., An E. David T., Lewis C. Ideceased, and Mary J. Mr. Morrison and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
ROBERT MURRAY was born in Highland County, Ohio, Feh- ruary 3, 1526. His parents. Robert and Elizabeth ( Robinson Murray, were both natives of Pennsylvania and of Scotch-Irish ex- traction, and were born in the years 1792 and 1793, respectively They were married in Highland County, Ohio, and thence. in 1-39. moved to Cass County. Ind., where they resided until death. He died November 9. 1563, and his wife survived him fourteen days. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder for a number of years previous t. his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1512, and was taken pris- oner at the surrender of Gen. Hull. They were the parents of thir- teen children, viz .: Naney. Isabelle, Margaret, Fliza J., Susan. James, Sarah A., Robert, Martha J., Catherine, Mary E., Sidna A. and Elizabeth N. Robert, our subject, came with his parents to this county in 1939, where he was married. November 12. 1550, to Hannah, daughter of James and Jane ( Starr ) Dean. She was born in Montgomery County, Ind., October 26, 1533. After our subject's marriage he settled upon the same farm on which he now resides. in Harrison Township, Section 4, where he has resided since. He owns a fine farm of 125 acres of land. Has had born to him nine children, viz. : A. D., born December 25. 1552; Rosettie T .. De- cember 3, 1551; Drucilla J. September 25, 1556: Alice A. Octo- ber 23, 195>; infant daughter, died May :4, 1561, two days old; Indiann H., boru April 11, 1964: Asa JJ .. September 30, 1567; Sarah M .. October 7. 1970, and Clara B. August 3, 1574. Mr. Murray and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
HIRAM SEWARD, sou of Daniel and Sarah A. Seward. was horn in Butler County, Ohio. November 10, 1541. He came to Cass County. Ind., in 1\63, and was here married. on February 21. 1567, to Mary C., daughter of Daniel and Sarah J. Foglesong She was born in Cass County. Ind .. December 2, 1548. In Isejs. Mr. Seward, our subject, purchased and settled upon the farm on which he now resides. in Harrison Township. Section 2. He owns
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at present 320 acres of fine land, which is well improved and under a high state of cultivation, 80 acres of which lie in Cass County and 240 in Fulton County. He has had born to him four children, viz. : Webster, William, Leonard and Jane. Mr. Seward is highly es- teemed by all who know him. He is a member of the Masonic order.
WILLIAM SHADINGER, born March 18, 1835, was the ninth of eleven children born to John and Elizabeth ( Wisimer) Shadinger, who were both natives of Bucks County, Penn., where they were married in 1820. They came to Ohio and settled near Cincinnati, where the subject of this sketch was born, and from where he was brought to Indiana in 1839, and reared and educated in the com- mon schools of Miami County. In the winter of 1860-61 he went to Minnesota, and when the tocsin of war sounded in 1861 he promptly enlisted as a private in Company F, First Minnesota In- fantry, and took part in the first battle of Bull Run. He served with his regiment and took part in all its campaigns and battles, including the second battle of Bull Run, the Wilderness, and bat- tles about Richmond, until he was severely wounded at Vienna, Va., about September 1, 1862, on account of which he was discharged in March, 1863. After recovering sufficiently from his wound, he traveled for five years, principally in the West-across the plains, Utah, Oregon and the wilds of the Northwest. Returning to Mexico, Ind., May 21, 1874, he was married to Martha A. Olliver, a daugh- ter of Turner and Nancy (Hendricks) Olliver, natives of Ken- tucky. In this union four children have been born, viz .: Emma Louisa, Elmer Edgar (deceased), Jesse Milroy and Lizzie Edna. Mr. Shadinger united with the Baptist Church in 1874, and ad- heres rigidly to that faith. Since 1875 he has resided in Harrison Township, and followed farming. He is a Republican in politics. Honest, industrious and prosperous, he deserves, as he possesses, the esteem and confidence of all who know him.
WILLIAM W. STEVENS, saw and planing-mill and lumber dealer, Altoner, Ind., P. O. Nebo, is a native of Cass County, Ind., and was born in Harrison Township February 15, 1838. His par- ents, James N. and Maria (Backus) Stevens, immigrated to Cass County, Ind., in an early day. They were the parents of seven chil- dren, viz .: John, Mary, Julia A., George W., Loren C., William W. and Maria J. William W., our subject, was married in Harrison Township, this county, May 27, 1859, to Mary, daughter of John and Jane Hall, and afterward settled on a farm in Section 11, Har- rison Township, where he resided until 1860, in which year he pur- chased and settled upon a farm in Section 16, Harrison Township, and in May, 1884, moved to Altoner, Ind., and erected a saw and planing-mill, and has since engaged in the lumber trade. He has a family of four children, viz .: Jennie M., James N., Loren C. and Laura E.
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JOHN T WALKER was born in Brown County, Ohio, Decom- her 19, 1×41. His parents. William and Mary ( Roberts) Walker. were both natives of England, and were born as follows: The father June 6, 1502, and the mother June 7. 1517. They immigrated to the United States in an early day, and were married at Cincinnati. Ohio, after which they settled in Brown County, where they resided until about the year 1547, at which time they removed ta Cincinnati. where the mother died April 19. 1549. He subsequently married a Mrs. Mason, who died shortly afterward. He enme to Cass County. Ind., in 1×66, and subsequently returned to Cincinnati, where he died May 25, 1947. He was the father of five children, viz : Ann E. Hannah A., John T., Willinm W. and Winnifred. John T., our sub- ject, was educated nt Farmers' College. Ohio, and September 30, 1561. enlisted in the First Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters. and served until September 1.4. 1965; was promoted to corporal and sergeant, and in December, 1864. was promoted to first lieutenant. and then to captain July 14. 1565, in which capacity he served until his discharge, September 14, 1565; after which he returned to Isanti County, Minn .. from which place he enlisted, having gone there in the full of 1560. In June, 1567. he came to C'nss County, Ind., and was married in Harrison Township. January 27. 1569, to Mattie M., daughter of Jacob Yantis. She was born in Graves County, Ky., December 10, 1546. After Mr. Walker's marriage he settled upon his present farm, where he has resided since. He has had born to him four children, viz. : Infant daughter, born Sep- tember 21, 1×69, died at the age of eighteen days: Gertrude M .. horn July 1. 1574: Walter Y., born May 4, 1576, and Ida F., born March 4, 1578.
JOHN H. WEYAND. son of Daniel and Eliza ( Beckley ) Wey- and, of Boone Township, was born in this county September 2s. 1.36. He was married. in this county. July s. 1560. to Sarah S .. daughter of Richard and Elizabeth C. ( King) Burton. She was born in this county July 21. 1842. After Mr. Wevand (our sub- ject ) was married, he first settled on land in Section 24. Boone Township, which he improved, and upon which he resided until the fall of 1562, at which time he moved to Harrison Township, and in January, 1563, purchased and settled upon a farm in Sections 10 and 11, Harrison Township, and in July of that same year settled upon the farm on which he now resides. Section 9. Harrison Town- ship. He owns at present 339 acres of fine and well-improved land. all of which lie in Harrison Township. He has had born to him four children: Rosie J., born August 27. 1561 : Grandville N., born December S. 1564; Florence V., born Angust 25, 1566, and Bertha E., born November 7, 1878.
EDWARD. WHITFIELD was born in Yorkshire, England. September 14, 1849. His parents, Edward and Elizabeth ( Batty )
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Whitfield, were also natives of England, and from there, in 1557, immigrated to Cass County, Ind., where they still reside. They are the parents of eleven children: Dorothy, Ellen, Ann, Richard, Thomas, Elizabeth, Edward, Jane, Matthew, Phebe and Ellen. Ed- ward, our subject, came with his parents to Cass County iu 1857. and has resided here since. He was married, at Logansport, Ind., August 14, 1869, to Lavina J., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Demoss) Foglesong. She was born in Harrison Township, this county, October 10, 1852. In 1870 Mr. Whitfield, our subject, set- tled upon the farm on which he now resides, where he has lived since, and owns at present 210 acres of fine and well-improved land. Has had born to him four children: Dorothy E., born December 29, 1870, deceased; John E., born in December, 1871, deceased; Emma E., born February 22, 1873, and Hattie J., born February 22, 1875. Mr. Whitfield is an intelligent and enterprising man, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.
JOEL C. WICKARD was born in Ripley County, Ind., Novem- ber 26, 1832. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth ( Watson ) Wick- ard were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively, and of German and Scotch extraction. The former, Joseph Wickard, was a son of Bartholomew Wickard, who was a native of Germany, and from there immigrated to the United States in a very early day, settling in Monongalia County, W. Va., where he engaged in shoe-making, and was there married to Sarah Tice; and from there subsequently moved to Butler County, Ohio, where he afterward resided until death. He was the father of eight children: John, Hannah, Pegy, Sarah, Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth and Joseph, the father of our subject, the eldest member of the family. He and Elizabeth Watson were married in Butler County, Ohio, and afterward settled near Hamil- ton, Ohio, where they resided some time; and from there subse- quently moved to Ripley County, Ind., where they afterward re- sided until death. They were the parents of ten children: Isaac, Levina, John, Joycy, Sarah, Elsy, Joseph, Joel C., Jacob M. and Catherine. Joel C., our subject, was married in Butler County, Ind., in October, 1854, to Hannah C., daughter of John and Elsy (Craser) Wickard. She was born in Butler County, Ohio, in" August 1836. Shortly after our subject's marriage, he moved to Douglas County, Ill., where he resided until the spring of 1856, at which time he removed to Butler County, Ohio, and from there, in 1858, to Carroll County, Ind., and from there to Macon County, Ill., and then back to Carroll County, Ind., and from there to Cass County, Ind., in the fall of 1865, purchasing and settling upon the farm on which he now resides, in Harrison Township, Section 3. He owns 185 acres of fine and well-improved land. His wife died February 22, 1879, having borne him twelve children: Mary S., William A. (deceased), Wilkerson B., Catherine C., Willard, Wil-
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Hon D. (decensed), Grilla, Dennis F. Elsy, Cordelia, Melvin (de- ceased i and James | deceased).
THOMAS WILSON was born in Westmoreland County, Eng. land. September 9, 183%. The parents from whom he descended were John and Margaret Wilson, to whom eight children were born, viz. James. Isabelle, John. Elizabeth, Thomas, Isanc, Mary and Richard. Thomas, our subject, immigrated from England to Cass County, Ind. in 1556, and subsequently purchased land in Section. 4. Harrison Township, upon which he settled and began to improve the land. He was married. December 6. 1860, to Rebecca E .. daughter of John and Elizabeth Callahum. She was born in Case County, Ind., March 27, 1512. After Mr. Wilson's marriage he settled upon his land in Section 1. where he resided until 1562. when he moved to Canada West, where he resided some time, and from there removed to Cass County. Ind., and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides in Section 3. Harrison Township. Hle owns 200 neres of fine and well improved land. 175 acres of which lie in Cass County, and 22 acres in Fulton County. He has had born to him five children. viz. : Maggie B., Ida M., Isnac A. Nellie, and an infant son, who died young and unnamed.
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