History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships, Part 152

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman
Number of Pages: 664

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WILLIAM S. MORTON was born at Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., in 1822. He married Elizabeth Ana Barton (daughter of Leven Barton) in 1841, an 1 moved to Randolph County, Ind., near Bartosin, in 1856, and that is still his home. They have had nine children, only three of whom are living. He is an enterprising ond prominent citizen, a thriving farmer and stock-dealer, owning 230 acres of land. In politics, he is a thorough Republican.

JOHN W. MORTON is a son of Willliam S. Morton, and was born in Wayne County, Ind., April 10, 1853. He was brought by his father to this county when a child, where he grew op en his father's farm, and was edacated in the district schools. February 20, 1878, he married Miss Laura E. Dan- iels, daughter of William H. Daniels, of Georgia, and they have one child. Mr. Morten is a farmer, and owns a farm of eighty acres in the south part of Wayne Township.

NELSON MURPHY was born in Darke County, Ohio, October 8, 1855, being the son of Benjamin aud Huldab Murphy. His parents came to Ran- dolph County in 1838, when he was a child of three years, having grown up on his father's farm and received the usual backwoods education. Ile was married, in 1856, to Miss Sarah E. Vail, and they have been the parents of eight children, viz. : Ida M. (deceased ), Aery J., William E., Henry L., Rena B., Robert Burns, Benjamin F. and Evan L. Io 1867, he moved to Clay County, Ill., returning in 1871. ,lie is the owner ef 187 nores of excellent land and is an energetic and industrious farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are men- bers of the Christian Church at Harrisville.

ROBERT MURPHY was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1801 his parents having emigrated thither from Pennsylvania. [le came to Butler County, Ohio, In 1816, removing to Darke County, Ohio, in 1820. His mar- ringe, to Elizabeth. Devall took place in 1827 (who was born in 1807, and died in 1847). They came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1834. where he entered eighty acres of land rat twe entries), and upon that land he has resided ever since (forty-eight years ). Mr. M. has been the father of fifteen children, as follows: Benjamin, born 1828, October 19; Wi liam, born 1829, October 27; Absalom, born 1830, November 15; Alzinah, horn 1831, November 30; Robert, born 1833, September 14: Albert, bern 1834, December 8; Martin, born 1836, March 7; Elizabeth, born 1837, May 3; David, born 1838, August 5; Elcy, born 1839, December 23: Thomas, born 1841, October 12; Rachel, born 1842, September 8; Meses, born 1844, March 4; Ass, born 1815. Novem- ber 10; John B., born 1847, Mareb 1. His wife died March 1, 1847, upon the birth of her lost child, and for that long time, more than thirty-five years, Mr. M. has lived unmarried. He has been Trustee of the Township many years, Administrator of many estates, etc., showing the confidence reposed by his fellow-citizens in his judgment and integrity. Eight of his children are still living, viz. : Benjamin, residling in lowa, eight children ; Albert, residing in Minnesota, seven children ; Martin, residing in Union City, Ind., four chil- dren ; Elizabeth (Locke), widow, one child; her husband was a soldier in the Union army, and was killed near Vicksburg, summer of 1863; David, resides on the home place, five children ; Elcy ( Harris), widow, lives near her father's, eight children; Muses, resides in Union City, two children; John B., resides in Minnesota, two children. He was originally a Presbyterian, but after com- ing to this region of country he joined the Protestant Meth lists, and is con- nected with them still. Mr. M. has for fifty years or more, en leavored to exemplify the pure religion ef the lowly Jesus hy a meek aud faithful Christian life, and in his old age he tries to serve and honor hi- loving Savior still. In politics, he is a sterliog Repohlican. His first Presidential vote was given, in 1824, for John Quincy Adams, and since that time he hag voted for President fourteen times.

HENRY OHILER was born in Tippecanoe Conuty, Ind., in 1831. Ile is n son of Adam and Sarah Ouler, who removed to Ohio in 1834. Hle was married to Miss Sarah J. Shreers December 13, 1866, and they have had seven children, six of whom are living. He came to this county in 1868, and bought a farm of 148 acres four miles southwest of Union City, upon which he now residley. Dor- ing the late war, he served four months as a member of the One Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment Ohio National Guards. Ilis wife is a member of the Christian Church at Salem ; but he holds no church relations,

AMOS PEACOCK and ABRAM PEACOCK came together from Carolina in the fall of 1818. Four families were in company-Amos Pencork, Abram Peneock, Henry Hill and Benoni Hill. The three last named settled in Jerichu in 1818. Amre Peacock raised one crop in Wayne County, and came on in the fall of 1819. Amos Peacock had nine children-Aaron, Jonah. William, Elijah and Elisha (twins), Matilda, Abram, Anna and Abigail. Four are still living- William, Anna, Abigail and Elijah, William [see afterward]. Anny married Pleasant Diggs, son of old William Diggs, two children, lowa. Abigail mar- ried Joseph Diggs, son of old William Diggs. five children, lowa, Elijah lives in Jericho, Ind., and has had several children. They are all farmers, an.] all Quakers, and quiet, solid, substantial men and women. Antis Peacock died nt Jericho July 2, 1850, aged sixty-two years nine months and eleven days. Hannah Peacock, his wife, died September 8, 1867, aged seventy-four years three months and twenty-seven days. He was born in North Carolina Septem- ber 21, 1787. She was born in North Carolina May 11, 1793. They were mar- ried about 1812. Two children were born to them in Carolina, one in Wayne County, Ind., and six in Jericho

WILLIAM PEACOCK was born in Wayne County, Ind., October 10, 1818, and came to Randolph t'ounty, Ind., in 1819, and has lived in Jericho ever gince. lle married Mary Thomas, daughter of Benjamin Thomas, nenr New- port, Ind., in 1840. They have had three children. He is a farmer, and a Friend, and antil lately, a Republican, but now & " National Greenbacker ;" he was in early times an original Anti-Slavery Friend, and a sincere and thorough Abolitionist ; he has been for a number of years a Trustee of the Union Literary Institute, a manual labor institution established in 1845, by his father-in-law, Benjamin Thomas and others, for the education of colored and

other Indigent youth : he is greatly esteemed for his thorough integrity, and his sincere. quiet, solid, unob trusive piety. After the dissolution of the seci- ety of Anti-Slavery Friends, he rejoined the "Body Friends," but lately, with a few others, he has withdrawn from them, forming a new " Meeting," claiming to alhere to the methods and usages of the early and original Friends. They are almost alone, the great mass of Friends having " progressed" greatly from the stan lords of action of fifty years ago. The " new method " Friends main- tain, however, that they are in harmony net indeed with the measures of fifty years past, but with the principles and spirit of George Fox and William Penn, and the Quakers of " long, long ago."

ELIJAH II. PEACOCK is a twin-brother of Elisha Peacock, and they were born in Randolph County, Ind., January 28, 1820. They are sons of Amos and Hannah Peacock. Elijah received an education under the auspices of the Friends' Church, and for several years followed the carpen er trade. On No- vember 15, 1853, he married Miss Agnes Browa, n native of Cheltenham, En- gland, and they have seven children. Mr. Pewcock is new a farmer, living on his own farm of 118 acres in the southwest part of Wayne Township.

WILLIAM PICKETT, was born in Orange County, N. C., 1802. In 1818, he went to Chatham County in the same State (on la # River), to take care of his grandfather, He died in 1821, and W. P., after staying until the fall of 1822, emigrate I to Richmond, Ind. He was married in 1826, and move I to Randolph County, five miles east of Winchester, in 1828. His first wife's name was Sarah Ann White, born in 1805. Mr. P. bought eighty aeres in the green woods, of Benjamin Cox (nephew of Jeremiah Cox. the famous miller). Ben- jamin Cox was n Qanker minister and cousin to Mr. Pickett, since Jeremiah Cox's wife was the sister of Me. P.'s father. Benjamin Cox was the son of John Cox, one of the earliest settlers on White River, east of Winchester, who fixed his residence two miles east of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett were the parents of twelve children, six of them being still living. They were as given below : Esther, Mahlon, Il innah, Alfred, John W., Joel, Avenath, Lydia, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary and one other. Ten (or eleven) livel to be grown, to be married, and to have families. The number of grandchildren has been thirty- three. One of his sons, Alfred Pickett, born in 1833, joined the Eighty-fourth Indiana, in the war for the Union, in 1862; was wounded at Lookout Mountsia, and died at the hospital. Mr. P. mirriel for his second wife, Mrs. Mary ( Hyatt) Coats, in 1875. She is the daughter of one of the first settlers, her father making his home east of Winchester, about 1818. Mr. P. and his wife, while well stricken in years are still healthy and cheerful, though, indeed, the days of severe labor for this aged couple are, and ought to be, over and done, and they richly deserve to spend the brief remainder of their earthly pilgrim- age in quiet and patient waiting for the friendly messenger, whose tender call shall summon their chastened spirits to their final rest in the mansions on the heavenly shore. Mr. P. has always been, and still is, a worthy member of the Society of Friends.

JOIN PICKETT, was born in Orange County, N. C., August 4, 1808; he emigrated to Rudolph County, In 1., with his father in 1829. Returning to North Carolina, he married Mary Pike. September 16, 1830, and, with his new-fo sud wife, wended his cheerful way back to the Northwest, reaching his father's cabin December 24, 1830. Choosing a home for himself and wife in "Jericho Woods,' he dwelt on the self-same spot for more than fifty years, rearing there a family of ten children. Five of them have entlived their father, as bay also the wife of his youth and mother of his children. Mr. P. died in April, 1882, in his seventy-fourth year. He was a " Friend " by birth- right, and by conviction as well, clinging with a firm aud unwavering grasp to the faith, the methods and the Society of his youth and his early manhood. The storms of controversy and the whirlwind of division affected not his stead- fast mind. Ile was n genuine pioneer of the olden time, and he gave little head to the changing fashions of the modern day. What he was and had been, that he continued to be to the close of his earthly career. He was greatly attached to home and home life, leaving the farm upon which he dwelt only for necessary business. One by one, but alag! how frequently drop into the grave the venerable pioneers; the relics of the generation of the oldeu time, who, with severe and unremitting toil. in sterling honesty, and with unswerving in- tegrity, laid the foundations broad and deep of the prosperity of the latter day.

BENJAMIN PIKE was born in North Carolina in 1825; came with his father to Randolph County, Ind., in 1831 ; married Rachel Cox. and has three children. He has been a farmer and huckster. Ile is a Friend, Abolitionist and Republican. His health is poor, but he manages to be engaged in his occupation much of the time. Mr. P. is a bluff and plain spoken, but honest and upright citizen, and is endenvoring quietly but earnestly to accomplish a comfortable subsistence for himself and those placed under his care.

JOHN PIKE was boro in North Carolina; came to Jericho, Randolph County, about 1831 ; was twice married and had seven children ; was a farmer. tinker, clock peddler, blacksmith and what not; a Quaker in religion, and a Whig, Abolitionist and Republican in politics. Curing little for the opinions of the world, he asked simply what is right ; and having answered the question to his own satisfaction, he followed steadily and faithfully the leadinga of truth and the convictions of duty.

THE POLLY FAMILY were an important and prominent group in the early times of Wayne Township The elder Polly was a native of Virginia, by name, William Polly, Sr. His birth was about 1774. He was taken to Ken- tucky when a lad and grew up there, marrying in that State. They emigrated to Ohio, county not known. Before 1812, he had settled in Preble County, Ohio, moving to Madison County in 1814, and to Darke County in 1819, twelve miles east of Greenville. Ile died there in 1846, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife's name was Jemima Kelso, who died at the age of sixty-two years. They hul thirteen children ; twelve grew to mature age ; all the twelve were married, and eight are living still. Mr. P. was a farmer, as to his voca- tion, a Disciple in religious profession, and a Democrat in early times, but in his later years a " Liberty Man," voting for Birney for President. The names of his children are given below: Sarah (McIntosh), had eight children, is

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dend; James, has had nine children, is living in Iowa, eighty years; Mary (Snedgrass), nine hoys, is dead : Elizabeth (Jacksen-Harlan), had eight chil- dren, is dead : William, has nine children, farmer, near Hollansburg, Ohio, seventy-four years ; Jemima (llarlan), eight chil Iren, lives in Iowa, seventy years old ; Jque ( Mason), ten children, resides at Union City, sixty-eight years: Isabella ( llarlan), seven children, lowa, sixty-six years; Nancy ( Ilarian), five children, is dead; Elith ( Kenida), five children, is in lowa; David, six chil- dren, resides near Camden, Jay {'o., Ind. ; Barnhill, four children, Monona County, lows ; Lucinda, died at six years old. Eight of the above have resided ut some time in Randolph County, viz .: Sarah, married William Meln- tosh, lived near the town of Randolph, west of Bartonia, and moved to Iowa and died in Monona County, in that State. James, also lived at Randolph, having & hotel there, and, besides that, keeping store on Greenville State road, east of the "Griffis' farm," and elsewhere. He moved to lowa some thirty years ago, and resides there still. Mary, married Mr. Snodgrass, lived near the lown of Randolph; moved to Delaware County, Ind., near Yorktown. Jemima (llarlan), lived near Salem, removed to New Lishen, and to lowa, re- siding now in that State. Nancy ( Harlan), lived near Salem, but removed to Iowa. Sarah, married Thomas Mason, lives at Union City, Ind. David, owned a farm near Salem, laid out that town, sold goods there, and was otherwise a prominent man, removed to Union City, and was for years a leading merchant thero; he failed in business and removed to near C'amden, Jay Co., Ind., and now resides on a farm in that vicinity ; he is a Republican, and a member of the Disciple Church. Barnhill, also lived near Salem for many years, moved to Murion, Ind., then to Minnesota, and still again to lowa. He was a farmer, and a Republican, and a Disciple preacher, having labored thus in the Gospel for more than forty years. Thus it will be seen that the Polly family were leading citizens in the southern part of' Wayne Township in carly times, for many years. But like many others among the pioneer families, most of the members of the connection have changed their residences, and their places in this county during the olden time are filled by those who knew them not.

JOIIN PRICE was a native of Baltimore County, Md. He was born Jan- uary 5, 1826, being the son of Solomon and Barbara Price (deceased). They came to Darke County, Ohio, in 1834, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1837, the same year that vast numbers of other emigrants left their Eastern or South- ern homes to plunge into the Western wilds where land was cherp, and wolves and deer and bears were abundant. John Price was a child of eight years old when he was brought to Darke County, Ohio, and a lad of thirteen when he found his way to Randolph ; so that he has been a resident of this cuinty for more than forty years. In 1852, he married Miss Sarah Dixon, daughter of John Dixon. They have had fourteen children, and nine of them are living, viz .: Mary A., Samuel H., Barbara E., Robert L., Martha E., Sarah C., John R., George E. and Emma M. Mr. Price is a large farmer, nad raises stock exten- sively, owning 850 acres of land ; he holds also twenty-seven shares in the Union City and White River Turnpike Company, he having been, moreover, Treasurer of that corporation for eight years. Mr. Price is an influential citizen, respected and esteemed by those who know him.

OLLEN SASSER was born in tireensfork Township, Randolph Co .. Ind., May 13, 1836, being a son of William and Elizabeth Passer, who were natives of North Carolina. lle received a common-school education, being reared a farmer's son, and toiling throughout his life to clear away the heavy timber from the surface of the genial fruitful soil in the county of his birth and his lifelong abode. In March, 1850, he married Mrs. Eliza ( Harless) Williams, daughter of Elias Harless. They have had four children, as also Mrs. Sasser was the mother of one son by her first marriage. The names of the children are-Sonora Victorine Augusta, Elizabeth Naomi, Luene Filena (and one other), and Alpheus Preston Williams. Mr. Sasser removed to Wayne Town- ship in 1872; he follows the vocation of a farmer, owning seventy-five acres of land, and has been a lifelong Republican.

JOHN SHEETS was born in Maryland, of German descent, nhout 1599; emigrated to Ohio, and abont. 1830, to Wayne Township, Randolph Co., Ind., entering the farm afterward owned by James Smith, and now by Hon. Nathan Cadwallader, lying a little north of Union City, in Wayne Township. He married in Ohio, and was the father of eleven children, all of whom grew up and were married, and many of whom are still living, being widely separated through the West und Northwest. lle moved to Bel River, Ind., in shout 1840, and died at North Manchester. Eel Bliver, Ind., in 18a1, aged fifty-two years. Mr. Sheets was n farmer ; in religious descent, a Lutheran, and in politics, a Whig. Hie son, Lewis Sheets, resided in this region till 1871 ; he built the Ensminger Heuse, among the earliest in Union City. In 1871, he moved to Minnesota : he is also a farmer, owning 200 acres of land in indiann and 400 acres in Min- nesota ; he is a Republican.

WILLIAM SHELLEV first opened his eyes upon the light of day in Mont- gomery County, Ohio, September 19, 1828, whose parents were .lacob and Ite- becca Shelley. They came to Randolph County in 1846, William being a lad of eight years; his father being a farmer, William was reared to the vocation of a tiller of the ground, and he now owns and cultivates a nice, though small farm, comprising n tract of eighty acres of tilled land and woodland. He re- inained unmarried until 1873, and on the 5th ef April, of that year, he was joined in the eacred bonds of wedlock to Miss Elizabeth Dixon. They have two children-Ilarry G. and Nora 1 .. The parents are hoth acceptable members of the Christian society at Harrisville, Randolph Co., Ind.

WILLIAM SHOCKNEY, west of Bartonin, was born in Maryland in 1800: married Rachel Oursler in 1830, who was born in 1811, and to Jemima Man- ning in 1862, who was born in 1803. He had three children, only one of whom is now living. Mr. Shockney came to Randolph County in 1840, and died in 1875; his second wife survives her husband, and resides with her children in Auglaize County, Ohio : ho was a farmer, owning 600 neres of land, being nearly the first settler in the region west of Hartonis, south of the State road. That whole stretch of country remained a wilderness for nearly or quite twenty years, after the country round it had been occupied.

SAMUEL II. SHOCKNEY is the son of William Shockney, having been born in Maryland in 1834; he came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1840, with his father when hut six years old In 1862, he married Sarah A. Butts, sister of Rev. Nathan T. Butts, born in 1812. They have had ninc children, and six are living. The children are Rachel, Aliss, William Thomas, Samantha, Theo- dore Howard, Harry Belmont, Perley, and two others. Mr. Shockney resides on his father's homesten I, consisting of 520 acres, 400 of which are cleared. In 1879, he erected a residence, cost $1,200, with the surroundings, $6.000. The house is 50x52 feet, two stories, twelve and eleven feet, and an attio, as niso a basement under the whole house ; building, frame : basement, stode ; basement five rooms, six in each story above, besides five halls, and closets to every room. The house has forty-two doors, and twenty-seven Inrge windows and nineteen attic windows and several in the basement. The house is splendidly finished ; the front door nione, with surroundings, cost $200. Transems are over every door, giving excellent ventilation. Mr. Shockney has a wind-pump, supplying water to the cellar, basement, kitchen, bath-room, barnyard, stable and field. lle seems to be a plain, warm-hearted, genial firmier, not puffed up by his good fortune, but disposed to enjoy life in a healthful and sensible manner.

PETER M. SHULTZ was born in Nicholas County, Ky., August 23, 1833, and is a sen of George M. and Martha Shultz, who removed from Kentucky to Highland County, Ohio, the same year in which Peter was born. He was ed- ucated in the common district schools of Highland County, and in 1862 came to Indiana and settled in this equoty. lle learned the trade of carpenter and sawyer and followed it for socie time, bnt of Inte years has turned his atten- tion to farming. In 1853, he married Miss Julia A. Moore, and has four chil- dren. lle was a soklier during the war, serving two years in Company li, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, holding a Lieutenant's commission at the time of his discharge; he and his wife are now members of the Christian Church at Harrisville.

WILLIAM SMITH was born in White River Township, Randolph Co., Ind., June 2, 1831, being a son of Durant Smith, who is one of the early pioneers of Randolph. and is still living at a great age, his wife having died a few years ago. Like most other boys he was reared on a farm, and went to schoel in a log cabin schoolhouse. Ile was married, in 1854, to Miss Catharine, laughter of Samuel Conklyn, who was himself one of the earliest pioneers of the eastern part of Wayne Township. Their children have heen nine in nun- her, to wit : Sarah E, George W., Viola. William B., Samuel D., Charles A., Mary M., Harry, Luetta, Mr. S. was a member of the Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infactry, Company II, participating in various skirmishes and engagements. But by constant exposure his health failed, and he was accord- ingly discharged. Mr. S. has held the office of Assesser of Wayne Township from 1866 to 1870 inclusive, discharging the duties of his responsible position with credit and to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. He is the owner of thirty-five shares of stock in the Union City & White River Turnpike Company ; was Director of the Company for live years, and Treasurer during Iwo years. He owns eighty acres of land, being part of his father's homestead, as also lot No. 483, on North Columhin street, I'nion City. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Christian Church at Harrisville, though by birthright Mr. S. belonged to the Society of Friends.

HANNAH TEETER was born in 1782, in Bedford County, Pean. Her husband's name was Abram Teeter, and he died in 1838, in Pennsylvania. She moved to Darke County, Ohio, in 1839, and Randolph County, Ind., in 1840; she had ten children and eight were with her, two having been married in Darke t'ounty, Ohio; there were four boys and six girls; two boys and three girls are living new. She entered forty acres where John D. Teeter now resides, south of Union t'ity. She raised her family, reomining a widow during thirty- four years, and died in 1872, ninety years old. The old luly remained healthy and strong, except that she was for eight years subject to fits, and for the two last years of her life she was blind. Mrs. T. belonged to the Dunkards. Her son, David Teeter, bought a lot in Union City. The town was laid out in 1819, and the lets were sold in 1849-50, some of them at least. David Teeter built the honse since called the "Star Heuse." in the winter of 1849-50, the first house put up on the plat of the town, except that two cabins were on the ground when the plat was made. A frame house was raised for llenry Debolt in 185), nud in the spring of 1852 a frame was put up also for Jobn Frazier and Jack Downing. Daniel Weimar was the contractor, but J. B. Teeter and Hezekiah Fowler put up the frames, both Deholt's and Frazier's. The next. house put nj, was the Forest House, July, 1852. David Teeter died at his mother's in 1851. John P. Teeter, another son of Mrs. Hannah Teeter, was a carpenter, and worked at the business a long time, but for twelve years he has sold medicines through the region. lle was born in 1830, married Marin Branden, sister of Thomas A. Brandon, clergyman of Union fity. They have seven children, He is a Republican, and n stendy, thriving citizen. Mrs. Teeter was a remark- uble instance of a resolute woman, n widow with eight children to be supported, who vigorously pushed her way into the wild woods and sternly fought the battles of poverty and distress, coming off grandly victorions. Boldly enter- ing the virgin forest of Randolph in her fifty-eighth year, nearly old enough already to lay hard work aside, she yet survived thirty two years longer, bat- tling with bard toil and advancing age combined, and only yielding in the con- Hict when twenty years were past ahove the allotted "threescore years and ten !"

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History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships, Part 152

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman Number of Pages: 664

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman
Number of Pages: 664