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 182

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

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LUTHIER L. MOORMAN, farmer, P. O. Ridgeville, was born March 14, 1844, in White River Township, Randolph Co., Ind., and has been a resident of this county ever since. His father, John A. Moorman, was born in North Carolina. His mother's maiden name was Nancy Hiatt. At the outbreak of the rebellion in 1861, the subject of this sketch (then a mere boy) enlisted in Company C, Nineteenth Indians Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted on the 6th of July, 1861, for three years. but soon after entering the field his health failed, and he was honorably discharged on the 16th of the following Decem.

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ber. Regaining his health, in the spring of 1862 he assisted in recruiting a company for the Fifty-fifth Indiana Regiment, nnd was mustered in as First Duty Sergeant of that company, which was known as Company F. lle wns tendered a Lientenancy in the Fifty-fourth Regiment, but the precarions state of his health would not permit him to accept the office. On the 10th of No- vember, 1863, he was married to Amandn McCracken. Her father, Robert McCracken, was born in Fayette County, Penn., and her mother, Sarah High- ambotham, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio. They came to Stony Creek 'Township, Randolph Co., Ind., in 1837, and removed to Green Township in 1857. Iler father died in this township on the 15th of June, 1872, and in the sixty- second year of his nge, and the mother died in her sixty-third year. By the first marriage, Mr. Moorman and wife were the parents of four children, two of whom are now living, viz. : Robert R. and Jesgie. James A. and an infant are deceased. Mrs. Moorman died March 9, 1874. On the 27th of March, 1875, Mr. Moorman was married to Elizabeth McCracken, sister of his first wife. They have one child-Clyde A. Mr. Moorman was elected Justice of the Peace, and is now serving his second term as Trustee of Green Township. Mr. Moorman is a member of the M. P. Church, and his wife is a member of the U. B. Charch.

CLARK REED is a citizen of Green Township, and is an enterprising farmer. He was always very zenlous for the promotion of public schools in his school district, and for the education of his children. He was born in Greene County, Ohio, October 17, 1828, and resided there till February, 1857, when he moved to this county. He was educated in the public schools of the city of "Oldtown," in Greene County, Ohio. This was originally an old Indinn town. The public schools had in those days already advanced considerably. Mr. Clark Reed was a son of Abner Reed, and his mother's maiden name was Cynthia Adams. Mr. Abner Reed wns born in Northbridge, Worcester Co, Mass., September 11, 1783. Ilis father wns n soldier of the Revolution, and his mother was a daughter of Capt. John Brown, a distinguished soldier of the English and French war, and for many years a member of the General Court of Massachusetts, and who, with nine sons, fought for the new Union in Revolu- tion. The elder Mr. Reed came West to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1815, and, in company with his brother Ezra, his wife's brother Amasa Adams, and Thomas Watson, engaged in the cloak business. In nbout one year afterward, he re- turned to his native State, and on the 8th day of May, 1816, he married Cyn- thia Adams at Worcester, Mass. In two weeks afterward, the young couple started to Greene County, Ohio, and, after being six weeks on the rond, ar- rived there in June. The three former partners then bought n tract of Innd together, which afterward became the sole property of Mr. Abner Reed, where he resided till he died. Mr. Clark Reeit was married, October 24, 1852, to Snrah A. Brotherton. She was a daughter of John Brotherton, of Delaware County, Ind. Five years after this marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Reed emigrated West, and located in Green Township, Randolph County, where they have resided ever since. They have cleared and made the farm they now occupy, and are familiar with pioneer life. This union has been honored with five nccessions, viz. : John. Walter, Abner, Adolphus, Emma and Mattie. Adolphus died September 10, 1861 ; John was married, September 17, 1879, to Lydia Lord, daughter of J. II. Lord. They have three children, namely, Orvil, Zutn and Clark. Abner was married, October 9, 1879, to Sarah llolly. They have one child. The younger Mr. Reeds are all farmers. They have the attributes of the forefathers' energy and enterprise, integrity and prosperity.

CYRUS A. REED.

This gentleman was the descendant of an old New England family. ITis father, Abner Reed, was born in Massachusetts in 1783, and afterward re- moved to Greene County, Ohio, where Abner Reed was united in marriage with Miss Cynthia Adams, who was also a native of Massachusetts, and cnme with her parents to Greene County, when seven years old. Six children were the fruits of this union, of whoin Cyrus, the subject of thie sketch, was fourth. lle was born on the 24th of April, 1824, in Greene County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, working on his father's farm and acquiring proficiency in the science of farming, which, in later years, he adopted as his vocation, minnesing thereby & comfortable fortune. On the 20th of September, 1850, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarnh H. C. Lawrence, and very soon after- ward, with his young wife, left home and friends to locate in the wilderness of Indiann, and bear his part in the development of Randolph County.

He located upon n tract of 120 acres of land that had been previously por- chased of the Government by his father. Upon this tract no improvements existed ; it was covered with a heavy growth of timber, and he saw before him years of hard work. But he was not a man to quail before such a prospect. He was struggling for a home, and the interest of his loved ones, and his desire to provide well for them nerved his arm And nnimated him in all his protracted struggle with the forest and the hardships incident to pioneer life. The future years brought a rich reward for his industry, and a fine farm was developed by him from the forest in which he first settled, and a beanti- ful home took the place of the log cabin, in which he and his devoted wife entered upon their new life in the wilderness. During their struggle in the forest, and while their fortunes were changing little by little for the better, their little home was made more cheerful and happy by the presence of chil- dren, who came to bless their wedded life. Mary E. was the eldest, then came Cynthia A., Alice J., Horace G., Emma F., Annie E. and William L., respect- ively.

Mr. Reed nequired a good common-school education in youth, and builded npon this by observation and experience in later years, gaining a good store of general information. Ilis success as a former is Inrgely due to the enthusiasm which he threw into his work, and the exclusiveness with which he confined his attention to that pursuit, always avoiding speculation and uncertain enter- prises. In his associations with his fellow-men, he was frank, sincere and manly ; always actuated by a high sense of honor and right, and too noble to take a mean advantage of them under any circumstances. Ile built up a repu-

tation for honesty and integrity that was never assailed, and found his way into the hearts and affectiong of all with whom he had dealings. On the 21st. of March, 1879, he died at the home he had made in the woods-the home that still bears so many evidences of his enterprise and taste. His death was an irreparable loss to his loving family, and a blow to the community in which he resided. He was a public-spirited man, and took an active part in the public improvements of his township and the county at large. He was prominent as an Odd Fellow, And had filled all the offices of the subordinate Indge, and at the time of his demise was District Depnty Grand Patriarch of the Encump- ment. In an obitnary notice published by his brethren in the lodge, one who knew him said : " As a husband and father few, if any, have ever been more kind and affectionnte. He was truly an example of an nminble and confiding, mild and gentle disposition toward his family and friends, of whom he had many." Mr. Reed was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his family are also members.

The homestead is occupied by his wife, an estimable lady, together with her children, Emma and her husband, and Annie E, and Willinm L. Mrs. Reed is the daughter of John B. Lawrence, who was born in the State of New York, in 1791, and married Amelis Bickera, who was born in 1800, in the State of Maryland. They were married on the 8th of February, 1816, in Greene County, Ohio. They had a family of eleven children, five of whom are now liv- ing. Sarah H. C. grew to maturity in Greene County, and nt the age of twenty- four years was married to Mr. Reed. To a common-school education she adds the accomplishments of a bright intellect, and the virtues of n noble Chris- tian lady, and is a favorite with all who know her. Of their children only Annie and William now remain unmarried. Mary E., the eldest daughter, is deceased ; Cynthia is married to J. C. Devoss ; Alice J. to William D. Camp- bell ; Horace G. to Eliza J. Woolpert, and Emma T. to T. J. Leavell.

GEORGE SITES, farmer, P. t). Fairview, was born in Hardy County, Vn., December 10, 1804. Ile is the son of Frederick and Mary (Bargdoll) Sites, both natives of Virginia. Ilis grandfather, Nicodemus Bargdoll, served in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Sites settled in Greene County, Ohio, in 1832, and came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1837, locating in Green Township. lle wns married, June 5, 1832, to Susanna Ketteman, a native of Virginia. They have had eleven children, six of whom are now living. viz. : Annie M. E., Mary S., Rhoda, Lydia A., Sylvester D. and Isanc A. Mrs. Sites is the daugh- ter of Jacob and Annie M. Ketteman. Mr. Sites is a successful farmer, and has 240 acres of fine land in Section 15. One of his sons is a minister, and all his faunly are members of the German Reformed Church.

ASAPH B. WEBB, was born in Greene County, Ohio, November 4, 1811. His father was Samuel Barrack Webh. He was born in one of the Eastern Colonies in 1758, and died in Ohio, in 1845, at the advanced age of eighty- seven years. llis mother's maiden name was Mary Bull. She was born in 1775, and died in 1847, at the nge of seventy-two years. His father was born during the French and Indian war, while the French and English nations were contending in a fierce struggle for supremacy upon the Western Continent, and there is n tradition to the effect that the father of Samnel B. Webh, or the great-grandfather of the present generation of Webhs. served in that wir. Samuel B. Webb left his home before he was seventeen years old to enter the Revolutionary nrmy. He served through the war, and received an honorable discbarge. He took part in some of the principal battles of the Revolution ; participated in the siege of Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Corn- wallis. He served again in the war of 1812. He belonged to the Army of the Center, and was with Gen. Pike, et Toranto, when the British magazine ex- ploded, resulting in the death of that brave officer. He was at the storming of Fort George, and accompanied the army on its second invasion of Canada. At the close of the war he was honornhly discharged. Asaph B. Wehh wns renred in his native county in Ohio. He received a good education, mainly by his own unaided exertions, and by the light of the hickory hark torch. Many n night did he study until near midnight, lying flat upon his back, with his head toward the fire, holding his slate and arithmetic so the torch-light could fall upon them, and shielding his head from the heat of the fire by a board. Thus did he become one of the best mathematicians of the common schools. Ile removed to Jay County, Ind. , in 1849, and to Emmettsville, Randolph County, in 1851. He was a prominent country school teacher until near the meridian of life, and was also engaged in mercantile and ngricultural pursuits. lle served three terms as Justice of the Peace, and one term as Trustee of Green 'Township. He married his first wife, Margaret Rook, August 20, 1837. Her parents were Samuel and Elennor Rook. By the first marringe, Mr. Webb and wife had seven children-three sons and four daughters. Mary Eleanor was born May 26, 1838. She married William Williamson, and now resides at thester, Wnyne Co., Ind. Samuel llarrison was born February 28, 1840. In 1861, he enlisted in t'ompany G, Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, three months' service, but before his term had expired he became a veteran by re-en- listing in the three years' service. While in the three months' service, he took part in the battle of llich Mountain and minor engagements. He was after- ward with Gen. Curtis during his enmpnign in Missouri and Arkansas, and was wounded at the battle of Pon Ridge, Ark. He was with Gen. Grant during bis Mississippi campaign, and participated in the battle and siege of Jackson, the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Ilills and Black River Bridge, and the siege of Vicksburg. At Vicksburg he distinguished himself in the terrible assnult made upon the fortifications. At one time he seized the ohl flag when it was falling from the nerveless grasp of its third bearer, and onrried it at the head of the column to the very walls of the fort. lIe was with Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, during the campaign that resulted in the disorganization of Enrly's army. But he sacrificed his life on his country's altar in the final struggle at Cednr t'reek. Ile lived long enough to know that the victory had been gained by the Union arms. He died October 22, 1864, nged twenty-four years seven months and twenty-four days. Thomas J. was born Juna 3, 1843. In 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and fell in his first battle, Richmond, Ky., August 29, 1862, aged nineteen years two

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months and twenty-six days. Malinda N. was born January 6, 1845 ; Isabella was born November 14, 1846, and died August 16, 1847. William W. was born July 23, 1848, and died July 23, 1849 ; Margaret, wife of Mr. Webb, died May 18, 1849, in the thirty-fourth year of ber age. On the 1st of Janu- ary, 1850, Mr. Webb was married to Phebe R. Kelley. She was born in South- ern Ohio October 29, 1819. She is the daughter of Jason and Phebe R. Havens. Her mother's maiden name was Harris. The children by the second marriage are as follows : Lycurgus H., bora November 19, 1850. died August 27, 1862 ; A. Benton, born March 17, 1852, a school teacher by profession.

lle is at present located at Washington, Wayne Co., Ind. He married Lucy L. Conn, March 23, 1882 ; Prudence was born November 14, 1854, and died October 3, 1855 ; Laura R. was born March 22, 1856. She married Jobn V. Thornburg, and now resides near the old home. Lucetta D. was born Novem- ber 5, 1857, she married Henry Bickner and resides at Ridgeville ; Loin was born September 29, 1860. Sbe is a successful school teacher and is at present located at Emmettsville. She was married to Frank R. Thornburg, October 30, 1881. Mr. Webb, the subject of this memoir, died December 20, 1872, aged sixty-one years. His widow married Jacob Rook, January 19 1880.

MONROE TOWNSHIP.

For years the settlements seemed to find White River an im- passable barrier. For half a generation after settlers had be- gun to pour into the southern half of the White River Valley, scarce a solitary pioneer had ventured across the stream into that uncouth wilderness. In fact the first entry within the bounds of Monroe Township was not made until seventeen years had passed away after the first entry in the valley of White River. The entries, even at that time, throughout that region, were few and scant enough, as given below:

John Rody, S. E. S. E. 17, 20, 12, 40, April 10, 1833; Jere- miah B. Reed, N. E. S. E. 34, 21, 12. 40, October 21, 1833; Philip Baughn, W. S. E. 26, 21, 12, 80, June 10, 1834; Mor- gan Mills, S. E. S. E. 8, 20, 12, 40, October 2, 1834: Bernard Kerr, W. N. W. 35, 21, 12, 80, August, 5, 1834: Joseph Smith, N. W. S. W. 2, 20, 12, 40, January 22, 1835; Henry Rash, N. E. S. E. 17, 20, 12, 40, March 23, 1835; Abraham Garst, S. E. 14, 20, 12, 80, June 17, 1835. Monroe was mostly taken between 1835 and 1838 inclusive, chietly during the years 1836 and 1837. Two entries, forty acres each (as above), were made in the 1833, three in 1834 and three in 1835 to June 17. Eight entries, embracing 440 acres-five forties and three eiglities- comprise all the entries up to June 17. 1835, throughout the entire extent of Monroe Township. It may be interesting to know where these eight pioneer entries were: John Rody, one mile south of Morristown, forty acres; Jeremiah B. Reed. on West Branch of Elkhorn. five miles northwest of Farmland, forty acres; Philip Baughin, on same branch of Elkhorn, oue and a half miles below Reed's, eighty acres; Morgan Mills, one- half mile north of Morristown, forty acres: Bernard Kerr, on Elkhorn, right below Reed's, eighty acres; Joseph Smith, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, on West Branch of Elkhorn, above Reed's, forty acres; Henry Rash, just south of Morristown, forty acres; Abraham Garst, one mile southwest of Farmland. and one and a half mites northeast of the mouth of Cabin Creek, eighty acres. Three of them were near Morristown-one north and two south of it. Four were above the West Branch of Elk- horn to its junction with the East Branch. One was southwest of Farmland. About that time it would seem that several had come in, perhaps selecting their claims and settling previous to making entries of their land. From one who came in in 1835, we obtain the following statement of settlers living in the region in 1835: Jeremiah B. Reed, near Rehoboth Meeting-House; James Howry, north of Rehoboth; Mr. Carr, north of Rehoboth, on the Isaac Thornburg place: Samuel Smith, on the Adams farm, north of Rehoboth; Philip Booker, across from Abram Hammer's; Isaac Garringer, on the State road, north and south; Jonathan Flood, in 1836, near Hopewell Church, a Protestant Methodist minister; John F. Wood, William Wood, in north- west corner of township; Moses Marks, north of Parker; John Banghn, in the edge of Delaware County, who was married twice, and has had twenty-six children-seventeen by his first wife and nine by the second -and is still living, seventy-three years old; John B. Mills, north of Shiloh, date not known; Andrew Cort- ner, west of Shiloh, date not given. Other settlers on Elkhorn, northwest of Farmland were: Messrs. Hammer, Booker, Adams, Garringer, MeCarney, Peter Hester, etc., etc. Eli Hiatt came in

and settled one-half mile south of Farmland in 1836. Isaac Garringer " planted his stakes " on Elkhorn, three miles north- west of Farmland, about the same time. Peter Hester came on Bush Creek in 1830, perhaps the first on Bush Creek. Mr. Bow- ers bonght out Mr. Hester soon after. On Elkhorn, in 1836 (or thereabout), were Jonathan Reeples, Jeremiah Reed, Abraham Hammer, Joseph Smith (where Harrison Morris now lives), Mr. Carr (where Isaac Thornburg now resides). Philip Booker came on Bush Creek about the same time that Peter Hester did. Henry Adams settled near Abraham Hammer's in 1835. Alfred McCarney, one and a half miles north of Hammer's, 1835; Jacob Wright, one-half mile south, 1835; Jacob Windermaker, one- half mile north of Rehoboth. John Craig came in 1845; re- sides now at Rehoboth. Joseph Howrey, east of Rehoboth; Jo- seph Smith, an old man, south of Rehoboth; James Wood, Mr. Sawyer and William Wood, northwest part of the township; Pe- ter Hester, William Vineyard, William Paxson, Henry Saley, Mr. Overhulser, William Gray and Eli Jarnagin (the last three in Green Township). In fact, Green Township was settled before Monroe, 640 acres being settled in 1832, in six entries; thirteen entries made in 1833, comprising 920 acres; seven entries made in 1834, including 600 acres; and eight entries in 1835, cover- ing some 400 acres-or thirty-four entries in all, with about 2, - 560 acres: or, in both townships, forty-two entries, with 3,000 acres. And of the whole number, only five contained 160 acres, and they were all in Green Township; twenty-two were forty acres each. and fifteen were eighty aeres each.

Monroe Township lies between White and Mississinewa Riv. ers, except a slight fraction of the extreme southeast coruer, which is south of White River. Most of the township slopes toward the Mississinewa, upon the head-waters of Elkhorn, Bush and Campbell Creeks, affluents of that river. Bush Creek is in the northeast, Elkhorn in the north and Campbell in the north- west. The township has Green Township on the north, Frank- lin and White River on the east, White River and Stony Creek on the south, and Delaware County on the west. It lies in Townships 20 and 21 north, Ranges 12 and 13 east, with sec- tions as given below:

Township 20, Range 12-Sections (whole or part) 1 to 5, 8 to 17 inclusive.

Township 21. Range 12-Sections (whole or part) 25 to 29, 32 to 36.

Township 20, Range 13 -Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18.

Township 21, Range 13-Sections (whole or part) 29, 30, 31, 32.

Monroe contains twenty-four sections and eleven parts of sec- tions, being four and a half miles from north to south, and six and five-eighths miles east and west, embracing about 19,000 acres. The greater part lies in the Mississinewa Valley, only one mile wide at the southern part, draining to White River, and even that has scarcely any streams-only Big Run on the east side of the township, and Phillips' Run in the extreme west, being large enough to find a place on the county map.

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The township. like much of the county, is level, or moder- ately rolling, comprising a fine body of land, which, though late in settlement from difficulty of access, has richly rewarded its hardy and enterprising settlers. The surface was originally covered with a heavy growth of timber of the kinds common in the region, much of which still remains, to furnish, in these latter days of increased demand and improved market facilities, a rich source of wealth to the present owners of the farms lo- cated in the township. The experience of the early settlers has been akin to that of those who braved the hardships and the per- ils of the earlier settled portions of the county, with the excep- tion, in fact, that no Indians were found roaming the wilds at this later period. The native occupants had left the region long years before, and only wild animals remained in the tangled woods to give activity and sustenance, and pleasure and sport as well. to the wide-awake men and boys who first penetrated that backwoods region and made their homes within its bounds. The condition of that country was, indeed, for many years, primitive enough. The soil, in truth, was fertile, and abundant crops re- warded the energetic settlers; but the facilities of transportation were but meager, and the inhabitants had to be contented with what they could themselves produce, and but a scanty supply of " foreign " luxuries.

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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 182

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