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JOSEPH COLE, retired farmer, Waterloo Town- ship, was born in Maryland, February 7, 1808, son of Joseph and Sophia Cole, natives of Maryland, where they lived and died. The boyhood of our sub- ject was passed on the farm and in the woolen mills.
His parents dying when he was young, he was put at a trade which did not agree with him, and which he abandoned. In November, 1838, he removed to Ohio, and, in the following February, to Wayne County, Ind., adjoining the Fayette County line, where he lived eight or ten years, after which he settled where his son J. J. now resides. Subsequently he settled in Waterloo, where of late he has enjoyed quiet retire- ment. At one time Mr. Cole owned 1,000 acres of as good land as there was in the county. He has set- tled his children well in life, all of whom are well- to-do and respected citizens. He is a self-made man, having inherited only $500 from his father. Indus- try, perseverance and economy, with excellent busi - ness judgment, enabled him to cope successfully with the affairs of life, in which he has been abundantly rewarded. Mr. Cole was married in 1831, to Patience Foster, who bore him six children, three of whom were born in Maryland: Anna M., wife of W. C. Forey; Frances M., wife of George M. Harland; Alfred G .; Sarah F., wife of Jacob Stephens; Sophia E., wife of I. A. Lawrence, and Joseph J. Mrs. Cole died in 1866, aged about sixty years. Joseph J. Cole was born in Wayne County, Ind., August 27, 1843. He received a good education in the district and graded schools. He was married, August 3, 1864, to Mar- garet, daughter of Benjamin Thomas, of this county, who has borne him five children, four of whom are living: Lillie Mande, Effie P., Joseph J. and Benja- min W. Harry C. is deceased. Mr. Cole's farm con- tains 160 acres of good land. He is one of the enter- prising and public-spirited young farmers of the county, and keeps well up with the times in which he lives.
A. S. CONAWAY, farmer, Orange Township, was born near Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., March 1, 1813. His parents were Reuben and Amelia (Ship- ley) Conaway, both natives of Maryland and of Irish and German descent. The former was a son of Charles Conaway, also a native of Maryland, and whose father, Samuel Conaway, a native of Ireland, immigrated to Maryland when quite young and there married Ruth Howard, subsequently moving to this county, where he remained until death. He was the father of a large family, of whom Charles, the grand- father of our subject, was the eldest. Charles was born in Maryland about the year 1764, was there married in 1785 to a Miss Shephard and subsequently moved to Fayette County, Penn. From there he moved to Monongalia County, Va., where he died in 1831. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years previous to his death. He was the father of five children, of whom Reuben, the father of our subject, was second. Reuben was born in Maryland in 1788, and came with his parents to Fayette County,
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Penn., where he and Amelia Shipley were united in marriage in 1809. She was born in Maryland in 1790. In 1815 they moved to Butler County, Ohio, and in 1836 to Rush County, Ind., where he died in 1834; his widow died in 1836. Their children were Mary, Amon S. (our subject), Henry, Rebecca, Ruth, Reuben and Charles. Our subject came with his par- ents to Butler County, Ohio, where he was married May 24, 1834, to Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Mary (Shipley) Griffin, and in September, 1835, moved to Fayette County, Ind., settling on the farm where he now lives. He is one of the most extensive farmers of Fayette County. He had at one time 1,300 acres of fine land of which he has given the principal part to his children, still owning 460 acres. His wife died October 14, 1837, and he was again married, on second occasion April 18, 1849, to Sarah, daugh- ter of Benedict and Abigail (Randolph) Shipley. Our subject had eighteen children, nine of whom are now living: H .; Elizabeth; Mary; Amanda; Esther; Ada; Walter; George; and Sarah.
BENJAMIN F. CONNER, farmer, Jackson Township, is a native of Kentucky, born in Boone County, July 17, 1817. His parents, Reuben and Nancy (Finnel) Conner, were also born in Boone County, Ky., the father September 29, 1777, the mother January 12, 1784. They came to Indiana in 1819 and located in Columbia Township. The names of their ten children were-John F., Sarah, Greenup, Carventer, Daniel, Robert, Benjamin F., Weden, Reuben and Martha, of whom only three are now living: Greenup, Carventer, and Benjamin F. The father, who was a farmer all his life, died July 29, 1847, his widow May 10, 1870. Our sub- ject's educational facilities were limited. He was united in marriage, October 3, 1837, with Miss Mary J. Gains, who was born in Boone County, Ky., April 20, 1814, daughter of William M. and Sarah (Rucker) Gains, the former born in Orange County, Va., Jan- nary 30, 1777, the latter in Madison County, same State, June 20, 1782. They had a family of six chil- dren: Angus, Henry T., Richard G., Mary J., Benja- min A., and Susan C., three of whom are now living: Henry T., Mary J., and Benjamin A. Mr. Gains died October 21, 1836, his widow August 21, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Conner have had two children: William M., born October 7, 1840, died June 16, 1879, and Amanda J., born September 16, 1842, died August 18, 1843. In 1848 they adopted a child-Catharine -who was born June 20, 1844. Their son enlisted September 16, 1861, in Company G., Thirty-sixth Ind. V. I., served three years, and returned home broken down in health. Mr. Conner resides on Sec- tion 26, on a farm comprising 166 acres of excellent land. Himself, wife and daughter are members of
the Old School Baptist Church, in which he has been Clerk and Deacon for years. . .
JOHN M. CONNER, farmer, Columbia Town- ship, was born in Fayette County, Ind., July 7, 1818. He is one of the eleven children born to Elder John and Mary (Dicken) Conner, natives of Virgini . He was married in Franklin County, Ind., September 23, 1856, to Emeline, daughter of William and Jane (Estes) Harvey, and born in Franklin County, Janu- ary 3, 1836, the youngest of nine children: Frances A., William L., Tobitha J., Oliver O., Jane C., Franklin M., Sarah C., Milton B., and Emeline. Her parents were natives of Laurens County, S. C., the father born in 1788, and the mother in 1792. They moved with their parents, in an early day, to Franklin County, Ind., where they were married, and there remained until his death, which occurred in 1862. The widow subsequently moved to Hancock County, Ind., of which she is still a resident. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 under Gen. Robert Hannah. After his marriage our subject settled on the farm of 200 acres where he has since resided. To Mr. and Mrs. Conner were born five children: Jenet (deceased), Rosetta (deceased), Frances J., (deceased,) Mary A. and Cathie C. Our subject and wife are members of the Old School Baptist Church; also members of the P. of H.
REV. HENRY D. CONNER, farmer, Columbia Township, was born in Fayette County, Ind., March 7, 1821, son of Rev. John and Mary (Dicken) Conner, the former a Baptist minister, both natives of Vir- ginia. Rev. John Conner was born May 17, 1774, and was a son of Rev. John Conner, a Baptist preacher and an old Revolutionary soldier, who emigrated from Ireland to the United States in a very early day. He was twice married, and was the father of eleven chil- dren: Philemon, Elizabeth, John, Reuben, Lewis, Frances, Sarah, James, Daniel and William. John, the father of our subject immigrated to Boone County, Ky., when a young man, and was there mar. ried, December 24, 1801, to Mary Dicken, who was born October 5, 1782. In 1811 he moved to Harrison County, Ohio, and in 1813 to Fayette County, Ind., settling in Columbia Township, where he remained until his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; was a minister of the Baptist Church for about forty years previous to his death. He served as Justice of the Peace of Columbia Township for nearly thirty years. He is supposed to have been the first man to solemnize marriage in Fayette County. He was an excellent man, well respected by all who knew him. He died February 16, 1843; his widow died Septem- ber 28, 1858. Their children were: Frances, Phil- emon, John R., James M., Wilson, William, Joel D., John M., Henry D., Elizabeth and Nancy. Our sub-
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ject was married in Franklin County, Ind., Sep- tember 10, 1846, to Jane C., daughter of William and Jane (Ester) Harvey, and afterward settled on the farm where he has since resided. She died May 29, 1867, and he was again married in Henry County, Ind., October 28, 1868, to Rebecca, daughter of David and Jane (Murdock) Vance, born in Henry County, Ind., December 25, 1830, one of nine children: Will- iam H., Rebecca, Susan, Mary, Samuel V., Sarah E., John M., Elizabeth C. and Rosalee. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, the father born in 1803, the mother in 1807. They were married in Virginia, and from thence moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1829, where they remained until their death. He died in 1877, his widow in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are members of the Old School Baptist Church, he being ordained a minister June 3, 1854. He had born to him three children, all by his second wife: William H., Samuel D. and Jennie V.
COLUMBUS COOK, farmer, Waterloo Township, was born here in 1835. His father, William Cook, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 11, 1800, son of Conrad Cook, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Warren County, Ohio, where he lived for a time; he subsequently settled in Fountain County, Ind., where he died. By his first wife (nee Miss Heck) he had eight children: Mary A., Eliza- beth, William, Nancy, Phebe, James, Mandan and Sarah J. By his second wife (nee Miss Dawson) he had two children: Clarissa and Elvira. William Cook was first married to Mary Ann Baldwin, of Ohio, by whom he had four children: Sarah J., W. T., John M. and Mary Ann. He came from Ohio in 1828 to this township, but soon after removed to Indiana- polis, where his wife died in 1832. After this sad event he returned to Waterloo Township, and pur- chased land, where he resided the rest of his life. His second marriage was with Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Dawson, who bore him five children: Mary E., Columbus, Phoba E., Nancy C. and Hannah M. He died July 8, 1870; his widow March 13, 1884, aged seventy-five years. Both were devoted Christians and members of the Methodist Church. The subject of this sketch lived on the old homestead till he was forty five years old. In 1879 he was married to Mary E. Tucker, by whom he had one child-Luroy. Heowns eighty acres of good land, which are well-improved. He is a temperate man in every particular, and much respected.
ELIJAH A. CORBIN, farmer, Jackson Township, is a native of that township, where he was born Feb- ruary 17, 1821, son of Elijah and Sarah (Milliner) Corbin, the former born in Virginia in 1779, the lat- ter in Pennsylvania, March 22, 1784. Elijah Corbin was a cabinet-maker, and carried on a farm by proxy.
He came to Indiana in 1817, locating in Jackson Township, where he served as Justice of the Peace for sixteen years, and as Township Trustee for a long period. His death occurred November 8, 1863, and that of his wife October 7, 1852. The subject of this sketch was married, January 16, 1841, to Miss Eliza- beth Flinn, of Ohio, and to them was born, March 24, 1843, William H., who enlisted in Company K, Sixty-ninth Regiment, and was killed at Champion Hills; shot May 1, 1863, died following day. His wife dying February 2, 1844, Mr. Corbin married, on sec- ond occasion, March 13, 1845, Elizabeth J. Myers, who was born May 17, 1824, and died December 14, 1845. He was again married March 19, 1848, this time to Keturah Caroline Myers, who was born August 5, 1826. By this union there were the following chil- dren: Sarah E., born March 3, 1849; Eliza H., born May 25, 1851; Menerva S., born November 8, 1853; Mary E., born February 4, 1855; Hannah F., born May 1, 1860; Charles A., born March 4, 1865; John M., born February 22, 1873, died July 4, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin are members of the Methodist Church. He belongs to the Fayette Protection Society. His father was one of the charter members of the Masonic Lodge instituted in Connersville, Ind., in 1820. Our subject commenced life a poor boy; has been very successful, and now owns 360 acres of land. He is a Republican in politics.
ELIAS B. COX, farmer, Orange Township, was born in Franklin County, Ind., September 7, 1823. His parents, Jacob and Anna (Pasley) Cox, moved in a very early day from Ohio to Franklin County, Ind., where they remained several years, and then moved to De Kalb County, Ill., and subsequently to Indianapolis, where they remained until their death. They were the parents of six children: Sarah A., Mary, Lucinda, Louisa, Emily and Elias B. Our subject, next to the eldest of the children and the only son, when about twenty-one years of age began an apprenticeship to the carpentering trade, which he completed and then followed until 1862, in which year he enlisted, July 6, in Company K, Sixty- ninth Ind. V. I., and served until wounded at the battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1, 1863, receiving a rifle ball through the right wrist, which necessi- tated the amputation of his hand, thereby disabling him from further service. He was discharged at St. Louis, Mo., July 24, 1863, after which he came to Fayette County, Ind. Here he was married to Julia A., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Matney, who was born in this county, January 12, 1838, and to this union were born nine children: Mary F., Anna M., Ida B., William G. John L., Frank, Estella, Edward (deceased) and an infant daughter deceased. After his marriage Mr. Cox settled in Orange Township,
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and subsequently purchased and moved on the farm where he lives at present. He owns forty acres of fine land.
W. G. CREELMAN, farmer, Orange Town- ship, was born in Fayette County, Ind., on the farm where he now resides, October 18, 1829, son of George and Nancy (Dill) Creelman, natives of Ireland, the former of whom was a son of William Creelman, also a native of Ireland, where he married Rosannah Crawford, who died there in 1818. In 1819 he immi- grated to Ohio, settling first in Preble County, and in 1821 removed to Fayette County, Ind., settling on a farm four miles southeast of Connersville, where he remained until his death. He was the father of seven children: Barbara, who died in Ireland in 1818; Mary, who died in Ireland some years after; Margaret, Jane, Rosannah, Nancy and George, the father of our subject, who was next to the youngest of the chil- dren and the only son. He was born in Ballywaney, County Antrim, Ireland, in May, 1786, and came with his father to Ohio in 1819. In 1820 he came to Con- nersville, prospecting, and shortly after returned to Ohio. In 1821, in company with his father, he came back to Fayette County, and was here married to Nancy, daughter of David and Margaret (Campbell) Dill. Her parents were natives of Ireland and came to the United States in 1820, and in 1822 to Fayette County, Ind. She was born in Aughadreena, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1789. After marriage Mr. Creelman settled on the farm where our subject now lives, which he improved from its wild state and on which he remained until the fall of 1844. From 1844 to 1846 he resided near Rushville, Ind., and removed in the latter year to Randolph County, Ill., where he remained until 1854, when he came to his old farm in Fayette County, Ind. Here he resided until his death, which occurred March 7, 1880, his wife having preceded him September 24, 1862. Their children were-Margaret A., who died Septem- ber 4, 1855, at the age of twenty-seven years, eight months and four days, and William G., our subject, who remained with his father up to the latter's death. He now owns and lives on the old homestead. The parents and sister of our subject were consistent members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. W. G. Creelman, as was his father, is a Republican in politics, an honorable, upright and industrious citi- zen, and a kind neighbor, a man possessing paternal affection and appreciating the many hardships and privations undergone by his pioneer parents in carv- ing out of the wilderness a home for himself and those coming after him.
JOHN M. CULBERTSON, farmer, Orange Town- ship, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20. 1837. His parents, John C. and Jane M. (Moodey)
Culbertson, were both natives of Pennsylvania. John C. was a son of Col. Robert Culbertson, who was born at Shippensburg, Penn., July 23, 1755, of Scotch- Irish descent. He was married at Middle Spring, Penn., in 1778, to Anna Duncan, born at that place October 16, 1755, and after marriage they settled at Shippensburg, where they resided until their death. He was a Captain and a Colonel in the Revolutionary war. He died July 26, 1801, and his widow March 30, 1827. Their children were: Joseph, William, Robert, Alexander, Samuel, William C., Mary A., Stuart, Robert W., Stephen, Mary and John C., the father of our subject, who was born in Ship- pensburg, September 19, 1791. He married Miss Margaret Hamilton, of Lancaster, Penn., who died about two years afterward. They had one daughter- Margaret J. He subsequently married Jane Moodey, born November 9, 1809. On the breaking-out of the war of 1812 he enlisted and served until the battle of Lundy's Lane, where he received a severe wound in the leg, which disabled him from further service. He then engaged in trading with the Indians for some time, and about 1829 moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and entered the banking business, which he pursued until a few years previous to his death, which occurred April 25, 1868. His widow is residing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their children were: Ann E., John M., Mary J., Joseph A., Eliza D., Henry C., Samuel, Anna M., William, Robert, Frank and two who died in infancy. John M., our subject, was married, June 17, 1862, to Catherine, daughter of John and Mary (Kelly) Don- nelly, born in Boston, Mass., August 2, 1839. In 1863 Mr. Culbertson moved to Fayette County, Ind., settling on the farm where he has since resided. He owns 240 acres of fine land, well improved. His family numbered nine children: Catherine E., Mary J., Alice C., John M., Robert (deceased), Margaret J., Henry C., Charles (deceased) and Ann E.
THOMAS CURREY, farmer, Jackson Township, residing on Section 26, was born in Amherst County, Va., July 14, 1807; son of Thomas and Alcy (Gordon) Currey, the former born in Virginia, March 2, 1758, the latter March 2, 1762. They moved to Ohio in 1810, settling on the Big Miami, and in 1811 came to Franklin County, Ind., and in 1840 to this county and township, where they died. The former, who had served two and a half years in the Revolutionary war, departed this life October 15, 1840, the latter Octo- ber 7, 1843. The subject of this sketch was married, December 16, 1830, to Miss Katharine Whitaker, who was born in Abingdon, Virginia, January 31, 1811, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Miller) Whita- ker, the former born in Virginia, February 10, 1788, the latter November 15, 1793. Mr. Whitaker died No- vember 4, 1814. His widow then moved to Indiana
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and died in Blooming Grove, May 22, 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Currey were born following children: Nan- cy.A .; Alcy Jane, born February 20, 1833, died June 30, 1842; Sarah A., born August 22, 1834, died Octo- ber 10, 1868; Amanda; Catharine, born December 11, 1836, died April 15, 1854; Keziah; Martha; Lucy, born Otober 18, 1842, died May 4, 1862; Mary E., and Thomas E. Mr. Currey settled in Jackson Township in 1839. He is a member of Everton Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Ireland Grange No. 1749; an adherent of the Universalist Church.
W. W. CURTIS, farmer, Posey Township, one of the most energetic and wide-awake farmers and stock- dealers of Posey Township, was born in Butler Coun- ty, Ohio, September 2, 1831. His parents, Daniel and Charlotte (Pocock) Curtis, were natives of Mary- land, and in an early day moved to Butler County, Ohio, where they were married and remained until their deaths. Daniel Curtis was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a man highly respected, himself and wife being zealous members of and devoted workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of nine children: Levi (deceased), Jane (de- ceased), Mary A. (deceased), Joseph, Tempry, James P., Sarah (deceased), Wesley W. and Nicholas. Our subject was married in Butler County, Ohio, Septem- ber 7, 1854, to Emeline F., daughter of Matthias and Harriet Brant, born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1837. After his marriage Mr. Curtis settled six miles east of Hamilton, Ohio, where his wife died April 4, 1859. In October of the same year he married Ellen Blue, and in March, 1864, moved to Fayette County, Ind., where he purchased and settled on the farm where he at present resides, owning in all 276 acres of land. He had a family of eight chil- dren: Rosco B., Mary J. and Anna B., by first wife, and Valandingham, Lillie M., Sallie, Daisey and one deceased in infancy by last marriage.
J. J. DAILEY, physician, Orange Township, was born in Connersville, Fayette Co., Ind., October 7, 1827, son of William and Nancy (Frazee) Dailey, natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively. Will- iam Dailey was a son of John Dailey, a native of England, and in an early day immigrated to Virginia, and thence moved to Kentucky, and subsequently to Fayette County, Ind., where he died about 1841. He was the father of six children: William, Charles, Jesse, Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth. The father of our subject was born in Virginia in 1788, and went with his father to Kentucky, where he and Nancy Frazee were united in marriage. She was born in Kentucky in 1790. In 1819 they moved to Fayette County, Ind., settling at Connersville, where he practiced law for some time, and afterward moved on a farm five miles west, and here he engaged in farm-
ing in addition to carrying on his profession. He was elected Bank Director of Indiana, in which capacity he served until his death, which occurred March 11, 1855. His widow survived him about thirteen years. They had a family of tan children: William, Ellen, Charles, Aaron, Jesse J., John, Eliz- abeth, Sarah, Mary and Anna. J. J., our subject, was chiefly educated in the home district schools of his vicinity, where he received a thorough common school education, and in 1846 he began the study of medicine (his brother William being his preceptor for four years), after which he attended the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio. On November 19, 1850, he was united in marriage with Miriam H. Gray, who was born December 1, 1830, and to this union were born eight children: Mary A., Horace C., Lewis E., Joanna, William L., Jessie, Effie and Erskine. In the winter of 1853-54 our subject at- tended lectures again at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, completing his education, and subsequently moved to Oxford, Benton Co., Ind., where he began the practice of medicine, which he pursued there until 1864, at which time he removed to this county, where he has since remained, engaged in the practice of medicine and in farming to some extent. The Doctor owns 115 acres of very fine, well- improved land, brought under a high state of cultiva- tion. He is a practical physician, well respected by all who know him. He is a F. & A. M. and a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F.
JASPER N. DAVIS, SR., farmer, Connersville Township, came to this county with his parents in 1814 and is therefore one of the earliest settlers of this locality. He was born in South Carolina, Sep- tember 25, 1812, and was but two years of age when he became an inhabitant of this then unbroken fron tier. His parents were natives of the Carolinas, de. scendants of the hardy and intelligent Scotch-Irish. They had nine children, all of whom grew to matur- ity and have since passed away, except Dulcina (now Mrs. Caldwell) and Jasper N. The father died in 1858, the mother having preceded him in 1849. Mr. Davis lived with his parents till twenty-nine years of age. He obtained a fair education in the common schools of the neighborhood, supplementing this by a few months' study in the schools of Connersville. An affliction in the form of white swelling visited him when at the age of nine years, rendering him a cripple for life and necessitating the adoption of light physical labor as a means of subsistence. Accor- dingly he took up the profession of teaching, in which he continued during a series of seven terms and then engaged in the nursery business, which chiefly occu- pied his time and attention for twenty years, though he did some farming and transacted public business
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in the meantime. In 1865 he turned his attention to farming exclusively, and has since been engaged in that pursuit. From his father's estate Mr. Davis in- herited a good farm on which he resided till 1882, when he sold out and purchased his present home of forty acres. He was married in June, 1842, to Mi- randa S. White, a native of Fleming County, Ky., and daughter of Nelson and Elizabeth (Perry) White. Their children are-Helen M., now Mrs. Alexander; Horace C., and Elizabeth A. (deceased). In 1838 Mr. Davis served as County Collector and has several times been elected to the office of Township Assessor. He is highly esteemed by the people in his communi- ty, both for his sterling qualities as a citizen and his amiable character as a man.
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