History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc, Part 76

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 199-?]
Publisher: [Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.]
Number of Pages: 954

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JOHN PHILLIPS, a farmer whose history is a part of that of Orange County. Ind .. for nearly three quarters of a century, is of Revolutionary descent, his paternal grandfather being killed in that war, and his father, Thomas Phillips, a soldier of Gov. St. Clair, being wounded so severely at St. Clair's defeat as to lose the use of one arm. Thomas married in Pennsylvania, and moved to what is now Orange County, Ind., in 180S. and for a number of years resided in a fort. He died in 1834. his widow afterward moving to Cass County, where she died a few years later. The subject of this sketch was born in the fort where his parents lived. August 18. 1812, and was the fourth in a family of eight children. Orange County has always been his home, and farming has always been his occupation. He is the owner of 400 acres of good land, and is an old-fashioned, true.blue Democrat in politics. He married, June 5. 1834. Melissa R .. daughter of John M. and Elizabeth (Younger, Lewis. and eight children have been born to them, as follows: Mary (Mrs. Rouch. Thomas L., Susan J. (deceased), Rachel 'Mrs. Moody;, Eliza- beth idereased). John W., Melinda E. (Mrs. Freed) and Elmira A. (deceased. Mrs. Phillips was born in Kentucky October 19, 1814. and has bravely aided her linsband through life. lessening the burden of pioneer hardships and brighteuing his humble home with an affectionate heart and willing bauds.

JONAH G. REED, a native of Orange County, Ind., was born August 25. 1823, and is the only one living of a large family born to William and Rath (Glover) Reed William was born in 1779 in Penn- sylvania, a son of David and Rachel Reed. with whom he moved to Ken tucky in about 1753, where he married his wife, who was born in the Blue Grass State in 1786. In 1811 he and wife immigrated to Orange County. Ind., which at that time was filled with Indians and wild avi. mals, and building a log cabin began clearing and farming. In 1512 David Reed and family also came to Orange County, and for a time lived at Maxwell's Fort to escape Indian depredations. The following are the children born to William and Ruth Reed: Miranda, Milton, Elizabeth.

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Rachel, Mahala, Allan, Robinson, Jonah G., Hanuab and Stephen. Jonah G. Reed has never made his home elsewhere but in his native township. He has served three years as Conuty Commissioner, twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and since 1876 has followed merchandis- ing at Lancaster. December 26, 1844. he was united in wedlock with Jane, daughter of Basil and Annie (Tood) Tegarden, who was born May 27. 1822, in Orange County. Ind. To them seven children have been born, named William B .. born January 19. 1946, died November 13, 1850: Henry A., born January 22. 1819; Sarah J., September 21, 1851, died December 8, 1974; Ruth A., March 14. 1857; Millard C., Angust 10. 1859; Rachel E., June 27. 1862. and Mary B .. January 23. 1567, died November 8, 1873. Mr. Reed is a Republican in politics, and him. self and family are among the most highly esteemed people of the town- ship.

JOSEPH TEGARDEN, a representative of one of the oldest and best families of Orange County, Ind .. was here born July 13. 1833. Andrew Tegarden, his father, was born March 15, 1802, in Shelby County. Ky .. a son of Basil and Annie (Todd) Tegarden, and selected for a wife Mrs. Miranda (Brooks) Finley. Both he and parents settled in Orange County, Ind., when it was yet fresh from the fashioning hand of the Creator. and experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life. Joseph Tegarden has always considered his native county his home. After receiving a common school education in youth he enlisted for the late war in Com- pany A. Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Infantry. and served until just before Atlanta, when he was honorably discharged by reason of expira- tion of term of service. At the battle of Perryville he was captured and held prisoner until exchanged, then rejoined his regiment at Murfrees- boro and participated in that engagement and Chickamanga, Lookont Mountain. Mission Ridge and Peach Tree Creek. MIr. Tegarden was a brave soldier and rendered efficient services in his country's canse. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R. and Method- ist Episcopal Church. He was married, September 20. 1900, to Millie, the daughter of William Wallace, who bore him two children-Rosa E. and Margaret A. The mother was born April 2, 1842. and died August 5. 1870. Amanda, daughter of David and Priscilla (Haines) Worrell. became his second wife in 1871. and died in 1982. after bearing these children: Amelia B .. Clara E., Mary D., Nora M., Priscilla P., Eliza L. and Mand.

SAMUEL R. TEGARDEN, a native of the county where he vet resides, was born September 2, 1837. John Tegarden, his father. was born in Shelby County, Ky., July 31. 1793. and was a son of Basil and Annie (Todd) Tegarden, who removed with him to Orange County, Ind .. in 1816. He here met and married Lucinda Irvine, and after work ing long enough to get a start at the cooper's trade he moved into a cabin and was living happily when the blow came that deprived him of his wife. In 1845 he married Sophia Kearby, and his life was passed engaged in agricultural pursuits. At his death. October 29, 1965, he left an estate valued at $46,000. Samnel R., like his father, has made farming his general ocenpation through life. When treason was threatening to overthrow the Union. he was among the first to enlist under the stars and stripes for its preservation. He became a member of Company A, Second Kentucky Regiment, which only being recruited for three months, was discharged at the end of that time. He re-enlisted in

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the same company and regiment and served thirty-eight months, partici- pating in seventeen battles, among them being Barbarville, Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. After serving out his time he returned to his native county and was appointed a private detective by Gov. Morton, to look after the Knights of the Golden Circle in southern Indiana. September 11, 1866, he married Lydia, daughter of Hiram and Harriet (McCoy) Warren, who was born in Orange County, January 23, 1847. Their chil- dren are: William L., born November 11, 1867; James A., August 31, 1873; Ora D., May 21, 1877; Jessie A., December 8, 1879, and Josie M., September 16, 1882. Mr. Tegarden is a member of the County Agricultural Society, of the G. A. R., and as a Republican was a dele- gate to the State Convention of 1884.

WILLIAM R. WALKER, a descendant of two pioneer families of Orange County, and a well-to-do farmer of Northeast Township, was born in the year 1830, the eldest child born to Alexander and Elizabeth (Standerford) Walker. Alexander Walker was a native Kentuckian, a Captain of the war of 1812, and a pioneer of southern Indiana and this county. William Standerford, father of Elizabeth Walker, was also an old soldier, serving in the battle of Orleans, and becoming one of the first settlers of this county. William R. Walker has never known any home but his native county, and here, by an upright life he has gained the respect of all his fellow men. In 1853 Elizabeth, daughter of Jefferson and Miriam (Brooks) Finley, became his wife, and two children blessed their union, named: William H., and Mary, now Mrs. J. R. Fields. The mother was born April 10, 1830, and died March 23, 1882. For his second and present wife Mr. Walker married Sallie E., daughter of William and Harriet Baker. He and wife are members of the Method- ist and Baptist Churches respectively.

JAMES WARREN, a resident of Orange County for the past fifty years, was born in Wayne County. Ky., May 29, 1828. Reuben Warren, his grandfather, was a Virginian by birth, but moved to Crab Orchard Springs, Ky., when it was a wilderness filled with wild Indians. He there lived in a fort and distinguished himself as an Indian fighter, and finally became owner of what is now the Crab Orchard Springs, a celebrated summer resort. He died at Fulton, Miss., at the ripe old age of ninety years. In 1834 Nathan Warren, father of James, together with his family, moved to Orange County. Ind., where he fol. lowed farming until his death, April 20, 1873. James .Warren was raised on the farm, secured a fair education from the common schools of his day, and, like his father, has made farming his vocation through life. In 1851 he married Ruth A. Van Cleave, a native of Orange County, who died in 1567, leaving five children, named: Benjamin N., Jasper A., Hiram E., James A. and Mary E. December 24, 1869, he married his second wife, then Martha J., daughter of John and Polly (Walker) Elliott, who were among Orange County's pioneers from Kentucky. Mrs. Warren was here born September 24. 1945, aud her four children are: John T., Lettie M., Sarah A. and Harley F. Mr. Warren is a Republi- can, a member of the Baptist Church, and MIrs. Warren belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM WIRES, one of the substantial farmers and enterprising men of Orange County, is a son of Silas Wires, who emigrated from his native State (Pennsylvania) to Madison. Ind., at an early day, and later

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in life settled in Washington County. William Wires has lived the last fifty.one years of his life in Orange and Washingtou Counties, and with the exception of a few years while engaged in the drug trade, he has steadily followed farming and stock-dealing. He was born at Madison. Ind .. in 1829, moved with his parents to Washington County, and in 1848 married Hannah Fisher, a native of Orange County, and the daugh- ter of John Fisher. To this union have been born a family of children. the following five vet living: William F., Mary E., Margaret E., Lizzie E. and Catharine. Mr. Wires is a Republican in politics, and by hard work has secured 245 acres of good land.

JAMES M. WORRELL. the eldest of a family of eight children born to David and Priscilla (Haines) Worrell, was born May 23. 1839, in Orange County. Ind. David Worrell was born in Kentucky in ISIS. and was a son of Robert Worrell, his mother's maiden name being Pickens. Robert Worrell was a soldier of the war with England of 1812, and at an engagement on the River Raisin hid in a tree top from the Indians, and the night being bitterly cold, had his feet so badly frozen that he lost all his toes, and rendered him a cripple through life. This old hero immigrated to Orange County with his family at a very early period. and settled on Lost River, where he and wife died in the year 1\30. David Worrell and wife here died December 12, 1582. and June 24. 1871. respectively. James M. Worrell has always resided in his native county, engaged in farming. October 14. 1800. he married Nancy. daughter of John and Catharine (Krutsinger) Freed, and by her is the father of eleven children, named: Catherine. Winfield H., Dora A .. Eliza J., Eliza beth E., Mary E., Nannie F., John (deceased). James D., Lydia B. (deceased). and Willie. The mother was born in Orange County in 1840. and is a member of the Christian Church, as is also her husband. He is a Democrat. and owns 1S4 acres of land.

W. H. WRIGHT (deceased). a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Kirk- ham: Wright, was born April 10. 1514, in Harrison County, Ind. His father was a soldier of the war of 1812. and a hero of the battle of Tip- pecanoe. Both he and wife died in Harrisou County. Ind .. where they had settled at an early day. W. H. Wright, subject of this sketch. lived with his parents on the home farm nutil his marriage, in 1835, with Miss Elizabeth Glover, born in Orange County. Ind .. April 23, 1817. the daughter of Uriah and Priscilla (Gaddis) Glover. He moved to this county in 1839, and settled on Lost River, where he continued farming until his death. September 16, 1859. He was an honest, unassuming man. honored by many for his sterling qualities of heart and inind. The following is the family born to him and wife: Sarah J .. born March 16. 1835, died September 3, 1878: William W., February 20. 1541. died November 25, 1865; Mary G .. May 20. 1846. died August 25. 1570; Lyman S., October 23. 1848, died June 6. 1850; Allen R .. July 15, 1843, died July 15. 1852, and John M., born in 1855. The last named, together with the mother. are the only two survivors of the family. and they live together on the old homestead, which consists of 194 acres.

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HENRY BURTON is a son of Isom and Elizabeth (Edwards) Bur. ton, and was born in Lawrence County, Ind., September 26, 1831. Isoin was a native of North Carolina, born about the year 1812, and with his father. John P. Burton, settled in Lawrence County in an early day. The grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution, and died in Lawrence County in 1834. at an age upwards of one hundred years. Of his thir- . teen children three are now living. Henry Burton came to Orange County in 1536 when five years old with an uncle named Hutchings Burton. Uutil he attained his majority his home was with this uncle, but at that time he began for himself by settling on a farm of his upon which he worked during the summer seasons. In the winter he taught school for several years. his number of terms being in all thirteen. Of late years he has paid his exclusive attention to farming, and owns 460 acre- of land. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and is politically a Democrat. His marriage with Cynthia Burton, a native also of Lawrence County, was solemnized March 15, 1855. Their six children were named and born as follows: Mary F., May 10. 1857; William A .. December 14, 1959; Charlie P., March 6, 1862; Eliza J., August 6, 1865: Allen. September 1, 1967; Sarah E., November, 1870. Mr. Bur. ton is one of the happy and prosperous farmers of his community who enjoys the high opinion of his neighbors.

JAMES P. CAMPBELL, SR., is a native of French Lick Township, Orange Co .. Ind , where he now lives. He is one of four children, three of whom lived to manhood. born to Adlai and Catherine (Porter) Campbell. The parents were natives of North Carolina, and in the spring of 1511 moved to Gibson County, Ind., and three years later to Orange County. where they made their home the balance of their lives. James P. received a good common school education. He started out in life without property, and rented a part of the farm which he now owns. By diligence and economy he has succeeded in acquiring a competence for life. He has been twice married, the first time to Jane M. Faucett on the 3d of November, 1836. Of the three children which she bore him ouly one is now living. The second wife was Mrs. Deborah (McCoy) Jackson. who became such October 3. 1865. By her he is the father of one child. named Catherine F. Mr. Campbell was for tive years Cap. tain of a military company under the okl muster law, and was an enroll- ing officer during the war. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Up to the war he was a Democrat, but at that time he joined the Republican party, and has been such ever since.

CAPT. WILLIAM CHARLES was born in French Lick Township, Orange Co., Ind , March 19. 1820. He is the oldest of eleven chil. dren born to Azor and Rachael (Cobb) Charles. The father was a native 'of Tennessee, and from there he moved with his parents to Kentucky, and afterward with them came to Orange County when about thirteen years of age. Soon after his marriage Azor located about six miles west

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of Paoli in what is now French Lick Township, and remained there until his death in 1871. His son William, who now lives near the same place, received a common school education in the primitive schools of his day. He was raised to a farmer's life with his parents, and in 1850 went to California, where he remained five years. At the end of that time he returned to his father's home and stayed until his marriage. December 3, 1857. Soon after that he located on the same farm where he now lives, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since. His wife was Miss Caroline E. Faucett, who has borne him one child, named George A. As a soldier Mr. Charles mustered into Company G, Forty-ninth Regi- ment Indiana Infantry, November 8, 1861, as First Lieutenant, and was promoted to the Captaincy October 16, 1862. He was several times under fire, with Sherman in the Yazoo campaign, at Cumberland Gap, and others. On account of an injury received on board the Belle Peoria, he was compelled to resign in February, 1863. He is a Republican, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Masonic order.

FREDERICK ENES is a native of Germany, born in Manheim, on the east side of the Rhine, June 28, 1828. His parents were Adam and Barbara (Zinzer) Enes, who came to America in July, 1846, with their family. They landed at New York, and came directly from there to Indiana, locating in Dearborn County, where they remained the balance of their lives. Frederick was educated in the schools of his native land, and after coming to America made his home with his parents until 1854. On February 2 of that year he was married at Aurora to Miss Salome Bertdoll, also of Germany, born July 15, 1829. The result of this union is a family of four children, all of whom are now living. In 1856 Mr. Enes moved to Brown County, this State, where he lived on a farm until August. 1883, when he came to Orange County. He enlisted in Com- pany H, Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Infantry. August 9, 1862, and served in the Rebellion until its close, receiving an honorable discharge June 9, 1865. He was engaged in the battles of Perryville. Stone River. Hoover's Gap, Lookout Mountain, Chickamanga, Kenesaw Mountain, Mission Ridge, Guilford Conrt House, Holly Springs, Atlanta, and with Sberman on his march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Rich- mond and Washington. Mr. Enes is a farmer and a Republican. and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NATHAN P. GILLIAT, a native of the county in which he yet resides, and the present Trustee of French Lick Township, was born in Jackson Township, November 19, 1840. and is the oldest of five sons and three daughters born to John and Elizabeth (Wineteer) Gilliat. His father was a native of Virginia, where he was raised and from whence he came to Orange County, Ind., on horseback, either the fall of 1838 or spring of 1839. He both purchased partially improved land and entered some from the Government, and ahout a year after his location married: his wife's people, the Wineteers, being natives of Kentucky, and coming from there to near French Lick in this county. John Gilliat was a farmer, and an honest. industrious man. He died in 1877, preceded by his first wife in 1872. His second wife was a Mrs. Adaline Brewbeck, a widow lady, by whom he became the father of two more children. His last wife is yet living. and is the wife of Isaiab Kendall. Nathan P. Gilliat was raised in Orange County, and has never known any other home. He received bnt very limited educational advantages in youth, because of being the eldest of the children, and his uid being needed by his father

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on the home farm. In October. 1861, when the country was in peril, he volunteered. and early in November was mustered in as private in Com- pany A, Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and next in the Jackson campaign, then back to Vicksburg, and from there went to New Orleans, on the way engaging in the battle of Arkansas Post. About this time he went home on recruiting duty. In May, 1863, he rejoined his regiment at New Orleans, and remained there until the close of the war. Mr. Gilliat was honorably discharged from the service in November, 1864, wearing a Sergeant's chevrons. In January, 1865, he married Miss Jemima Ken . dall, and since has been farming in French Lick Township, where he owns 320 acres. To him and wife eight children have been born, whose names are: Nancy E., John T., Lucy M., Hiram H., William H. (deceased), Robert L., Mary A. and Charles E. The mother was a daughter of Hiram and Nancy (Gregory) Kendall. and was born in May, 1843. She was a member of the Christian Church, a faithful and loving wife, a fond and devoted mother, and a woman of many exceptionally good traits of char- acter. She died September 15, 1882. Mr. Gilliat is a Democrat in pol- itics, and served one term as Trustee of his township by appointment, and is now serving his second term by election.

BENNET GRIGSBY, of French Lick, Orange Co., Ind., was born in Jefferson County, Ky., January 27, 1817. His parents were William and Anna (Cornwell) Grigsby. The father was a native of South Caro- lina, and after living in several of the Southern States located in what is now Orange County, Ind., in 1814. In the early part of 1816 he moved to Kentucky and was married. He returned to this county with his fam- ily in 1820, and located on the farm where he lived till his death, Novem- ber, 1878. Bennet was raised by his parents on the farm until 1834. receiving a limited education in the country schools of that day. At the age of seventeen years he was apprenticed to the tailor's trade at Paoli for three years. He followed this business until 1855, when he located on the farm in French Lick Township where he now resides, and has ever since led a farmer's life. His wife was Matilda Bateman, a native of Floyd County, Ind., born in 1818. To their union five children have been born, four of them now living. Mr. Grigsby was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting November 8, 1861, in Company G, Forty-ninth Reg- iment Indiana Infantry. He served three years and was discharged November 30. 1564. He participated in a number of principal and important battles, and was a faithful soldier in his country's cause. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Masonic order.

MOSES F. HAM was born in Bourbon County. Ky., July 1, 1827. His father was Michael Ham. a native of Virginia, and settled with his parents in Kentucky when but a child. His mother was Miss Elizabeth Mathers, and their wedding occurred in April, 1819. Of their family of ten children, only five are now living. Moses F. moved to Orange County in the fall of 1844, and located on a farm near Orangeville. where he remained until the spring of 1870. At that time he moved to French Lick Township, and has made that his home ever since. On January 6, 1859, he married Amanda J. Bruner, who has borne him a family of eight children, all living. Mrs. Ham was born October 8. 1838. a daughter of Alfred and Mary (Wilson) Bruner. Mr. Ham is a tanner by trade, although for the last twenty years he has not worked any

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at that business. In early life he received but a common school educa- tion. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and belongs to the society of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Republican, and was County Commissioner for one term.

GEORGE W. HARMON is a native of Orange County. Ind., and a son of Asa and Nancy A. (Sullivan) Harmon. The parents were both among the early settlers in the county. Asa was raised on a farm and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. His death occurred in Sep- tember, 1839. His wife was born in Monroe County. Ind., in November, 1813. and bore him a family of eight children, tive of them yet living. George W. Harmon was born June 2. 1838, and during his minority received a common education in the schools of the county. His home was with his parents until he was of age. At that time he started in life for himself on a farm, and has ever since led the life of a farmer. His wife was Miss Sarah A. Leffler, also a native of Orange County, and born September 30, 1537. Their nuptials were celebrated January 15, 1860, and to their union two children have been born. only one now liv. ing. Mr. Harmon was a soldier in the late war. enlisting February 6. 1565. in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, and was honorably discharged in September of the same year. He now owns 150 acres of land in good cultivation. and raises sote stock. He is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.

WESLEY JOHNSON. (deceased), was one of a family of ten chil dren born to Michael and Elizabeth (Grisom) Johnson. who came from Kentucky to Indiana among the early settlers. Wesley was born in Orange County, August 23, 1924, and remained with his parents working on the farm until nineteen years old. in the meantime receiving but a limited education. At that age he was, on March 9, 1843. married to Emeline Jennings, who was born April 14, 1524. Mr and Mrs. Johnson began life without any property, and by diligence and hard labor managed to secure a competence of their own. There were born to them nine chil. dren. seven of whom are now living. Wesley Johnson enlisted as a soldier in the late war in Company F. Eighty-first Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, where he served his country faithfully nntil 1963. when he was wounded in the battle of Stone River. from which he died soon after. At that time Mrs. Johnson was left with some small children She has never since married, but devoted herself to raising her family, who are now all married and doing well. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and lives with the youngest son, John. on the old homestead farm.

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History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc, Part 76

Author: Goodspeed Brothers Publication date: 199-?] Publisher: [Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.] Number of Pages: 954

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 199-?]
Publisher: [Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.]
Number of Pages: 954