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Another society was also organized a few years ago, on the Turkey creek road, at Annis' school-house. It, too, is prospering well.
The Advent Church .- Previous to 1862 this sect had held a few meetings in the school-house at Olive Branch. In August of tliat year they erected a tent and held meetings for two weeks, the ministers being J. W. Himes, D. R. Mansfield and Philip Holler. At the close of the meetings the following persons were baptized: Elijah Aultman and wife, Isaac Wright and wife, and Hattie Wright. These, with the following persons, who were members at that time, joined themselves together into a society at the close of the meetings: Edward Cordray and wife, Albert Cordray and wife,
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B. F. Cordray and wife. Edward Cordray was the Elder. He and Mr. Ferris have been the Elders in the society most of the time since. Two years later another tent meeting was held, with good suc- cess. They now number about 60 members, and have a fine church building well finished, in which to worship. It was com- menced about March 1, 1880, with about $700 raised by subscrip- tion. Its size is 32 by 46, and cost $1,162. On the day on which it was dedicated, July 18, 1880, they raised money enough to pay all debts and $100 over.
The Christian Church has a society in Lakeville, Mr. Snow being their present Pastor. They have a good building in the village and include in their membership many of the best citizens.
The citizens of the northeastern part of the township, regardless of sect, erected a union church house in 1875. It is a good frame building, and speaks much for the enterprise of the people.
In Lakeville there is a Masonic lodge. It was started in 1867 with the following charter members: Robert Moor, W. Clenny, John Cunningham, Mahlon Heston, Michael Hupp, Isaac C. Price, Alexander Reynolds, Henry Van Lien, M. Mahon, W. Roberson. They now have a good society of about 52 members.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Samuel Annis was born in June, 1851, in this tp. His father, Jehiel Annis, was among the old settlers of this county. He was married in the fall of 1875, to Harriet Lock, daughter of William Lock, of Portage Prairie, and they have one child, Irene. Mr. Annis is engaged in farming and lumbering sec 5; P.O., South Bend.
John H. Bennett, son of Stephen and Catharine (Hoff) Bennett, was born in West Virginia Feb. 12, 1816. He left Virginia in May, 1833, going to Morrow county, Ohio; here, in 1835, he married Elizabeth Flickey, and they had 10 children. Mrs. Bennett died in 1856, and he was married a second time, to Margaret Ann (Jones) Hardy, July 5, 1859; she was born in Shelby county, Ind., Jan. 6, 1824. Her parents were Thomas and Polly (Burns) Jones, and were among the first to settle in Union tp. She had been married in 1845 to Joseph Hardy and by liim had 6 children, 4 living, James Delilah, Emeline and Benjamin. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have had 9 children, 7 of whom are living: Winfield, Charlottie, Ida, Ada, Rosa, Sherman and Naomi. Mr. Bennett had a son in the 96th O. V. in Co. C .; Mrs.B. also had a son in the Rebellion 3 years, James Hardy. Mr. B. is a member of the U. B. Church at Olive Branch. Mr. Bennett came a poor boy to Ohio; he soon entered 80 acres of land in Morrow county. He got money to pay for it by splitting rails and clearing. After a few years he sold it for $1,800, and coming to this county, bought his present farm of 103 acres, the present value of which is $5,000.
Ruth Brock was born in North Carolina, June 7, 1802. When she was about three months old, lier parents removed to Kentucky, and about the year 1806 they came to Montgomery county, O .; in
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1809 they went to Xenia, in Greene county, O)., and after living there for about eight years they went to Ross county, O., near the city of Chillicothe. Her parents were William and Merah (An- thony) Frazier; the former died in Germantown, Ohio, in 1853, and the latter died in 1828, and is buried at Richmond, Ind. Mrs. Brock was married in Ross county, O., to Nathan Branson, of Highland county, in 1821. The children were: William, Mary, Jane and Nathan, all dead. Nathan married Elizabeth Ranful, of Randolph county, Ind., and they had 1 child, Jane Branson, who married George Cook of this tp. in 1871; they have 2 children: Carrie Bell, born May 6, 1872, and Elias W., born Jan. 26, 1874. Mrs. Brock left Ohio in 1826, going to Wayne county, Ind., where her husband died Sept. 19, 1829. She then returned to Ohio and lived with her father. Some years afterward she returned to Wayne county, where her son Nathan died Dec. 6, 1854. She was married a second time, in Wayne county, Ind., Sept. 25, 1860, to Andrew Brock; they removed to Dewitt county, Ill., where he died March 5, 1865; a few years later she removed to her farm in Liberty and Union tp. of this county, where she still resides. Mr. Brock was a native of North Carolina; they removed to Ohio in 1804, from thence to Illinois, in 1829, where he entered the land on which he was living at the time of his death. He was well acquainted with Mr. Lincoln when he was a young man. The Brock family are among the wealthy and influential men of Illinois.
William Clenny was born Feb. 8, 1824, in Randolph county, Ind .; his maternal ancestors were of English descent, and came to America previous to the achievement of our national independence; his pa- ternal grandfather moved from Pennsylvania to South Carolina pre- vious to the war, and about 1830 emigrated to Indiana, where he died. Both of his grandfathers were in the war. In 1801 his father emigrated to Warren county, Ohio, and thence to Wayne county, Ind., in 1807 or 1808; he was a native of North Carolina; he was married in Preble county, Ohio, April 12, 1813, to Mary Milner, who was born in Virginia, and their children were Martha and Elizabeth, twins, Catharine, Mary, Jane, William, Michael, Sarah A., John and Rebecca; all married and had families except Rebecca. He was in the war of 1812, and died Feb. 22, 1872. Mr. C.'s mother died in 1854; they were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. C. was married in 1849 to Sarah Garrett, daughter of Michael and Mary Garrett, of Randolph county, Ind., and their children were Mary E. and Martha, both dead. Mrs. C. died in December, 1858. In 1859 he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Brumfield) Branson, daughter of Jesse and Sarah Brumfield, and their children are Melissa, born in 1861, an infant, and Willian; the last two are dead. Mrs. Clenny had one child by Mr. Branson, named Sarah J., who married George Cook, son of Rev. E. Cook, and has Carrie Belle and Elias W .; she died a few years ago. Mr. Clenny left Randolph county, Ind., in the spring of 1853, coming to this county and buying his farm south of Lakeville, which was then in the woods. He received his
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education in the public schools; aided his father on his farm until he attained his majority; then worked at the carpenter's trade for the next eight years. For several winters after he commenced his trade, he attended school, boarding with some of the neighboring farmers and doing chores night and morning for his board. He moved to the village of Lakeville in 1873, and has long been one of the faithful workers in the M. E. Church and Sunday-schools at that place; he is also a Mason. By good, frugal and industrious habits, Mr. Clenny has raised himself from a poor boy to one of the influential citizens that reside in St. Joseph county.
Edward Cordray, son of Nathan and Mary A. Cordray of this county, was born in Ohio July 7, 1830. May 18, 1854, he mar- ried Elizabeth Rinehart, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Rinehart, of Coshocton county, Ohio, whose native State is Pennsylvania. Their children are Almira Jane, born Jan. 25, 1855; Mary Ellen, March 15, 1857; Althea C., Dec. 18, 1858; Alice M., March 31, 1862; Charley W., March 23,1872. Almira married George Boyler; Althea married William Skyles, Liberty tp .; they are living with Mr. Cordray. Mr. C. owns 40 acres of good land in this tp .; he is a carpenter and teacher. P. O., Lakeville.
Nathan Cordray was born on the north branch of the Potomac river, Alleghany Co., Md., Feb. 10, 1800. He came with his father to Ohio in 1810, and settled in Coshocton county. His parents are Isaac and Mary (Henderson) Cordray; he was married Dec. 9, 1824. to Miss Mary Ann Officer, dangliter of David Officer, of Holmes county, Ohio; their children are Elizabeth, deceased; Harry, Edward, Benjamin, Liddie Ann, Albert and Mary J., deceased. Mr. C. aided his father on his , farm until he had attained his majority, when he apprenticed himself to David Carroll for 18 months to learn the tinner's trade. At the expiration of that time he again apprenticed himself for three years to Jacob Bollzley to learn the carpenter's trade. He received his education in the sub- scription schools in Ohio, as did all of his children except Albert. He was one of the men in Ohio that got up a petition to have the German language taught in the public schools of that State, which was sent to Gov. Shannon and was granted; the law is still in effect in that State. His family are all well educated and are among the foremost citizens of the county. The boys are all carpenters except Benjamin. During the late war Edward was drafted, but he being unwell, his father feared that he could not long endure the fatigue of a soldier's life; so he went to South Bend and was examined by the officers there relative to taking his son's place in the army, but his wish was not granted, he being too old for the service: he then accompanied his son to Indianapolis; he staid over night in camp, and the next day, by paying $200. secured his son's discharge. He came to Union tp. from Ohio in 1861. He is a Democrat; gave his first vote for Johnson. Residence, sec. 21; P. O., Lakeville.
Daniel J. Fisher was born in Somerset county, Pa., Jan. 19, 1824. He left Pennsylvania in 1830, going to Tuscarawas county,
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Ohio; settled on his farm in Union tp. in 1855; his parents are Jonathan and Esther Fisher. In 1849 he was married in Holmes county, O., to Harriett McCulloy; they had 4 children, 3 living. Mrs. F. died in September, 1854, and April 19, 1855, he married Phebe E. Pickral, of Holmes county, O. The second wife died in 1856 leaving no children. July 25, 1856, he was again married to Elizabetlı Snyder, of Marshall county, Ind., by whom he had 8 children; she died, and he was married Nov. 30, 1875, to Agnes Rempsburger, of South Bend. Until he came to this county Mr. Fisher had been engaged in a woolen factory; but since coming here he has been carrying on a broom factory and farming; has a good farin of 235 acres in Union tp. P. O., Lakeville.
Valentine Fisher was born in Somerset county, Pa., Jan. 22, 1822; he came with his parents, Peter and Mary (Johnson) Fisher, to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1824; in the fall of 1848 they removed to this tp. His parents were natives of Virginia, and were members of the Lutheran Church; they died in this county a few years since. Mr. Fisher was married in Ohio in August, 1847, to Mary Penrod, daughter of John and Mary Penrod, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, but formerly of Pennsylvania; she was born in August, 1832; they have had 12 children, 7 of whom are yet living: Alfred, Oliver, Schuyler, Henry, Winfield, Eliza E. and Mary A. Mr. Fisher is a blacksmith, but since coming to the county, has been engaged in farming; when he came here he had but $3 in money, and but one acquaintance in the county; he now owns a fine farm of about 200 acres, well improved, on sec. 24. P. O., Lakeville.
Emanuel Frick, son of Abraham and Sarah Frick, of this county, was born in Stark county. Ohio, June, 1847. He came to this county when a young man; was married in 1871 to Mary Kreisher, daughter of William and Elizabeth Kreisher, of Centre tp .; she was born in Jannary, 1838, and they have 4 children: Allie, Willie, Emma and Clara. Mr. Frick was educated in the public schools of this county, is a farmer on sec. 12 and has been living in this tp. for about four years. P. O., Lakeville.
Allen Hardy was born in Drake county, Ohio, October, 1826; came to Indiana with his parents when a small boy; they removed to Lakeville and settled on the Jackson farm in 1835. Mr. Hardy was married Feb.20, 1847, to Mary J. Meredith, daughter of Jona- than Meredith; they have two children, Lusina, born in 1850, and Ezra W., born in 1851. Lusina married J. Boyler, and lives in Kansas. Mrs. Hardy died, and in the spring of 1856 he married Nancy Selby (Flucky), who had one child, Harriet J. Selby, born 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy have 4 children: Abigail, born 1857; Victoria, born Feb. 8, 1859; Mary C., born Ang. 8, 1863; Amara- zetta, born Sept. 16, 1868. Mrs. Hardy was born in November, 1824. Mr. Hardy has been living on his farm on sec. 22 for 35 years; they are both worthy members of the U. B. Church at Olive Branch. P. O., Lakeville.
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Cyrus Hardy is the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Eake) Hardy, who were among the first to settle in St. Joseph county; his father was a native of Fredericton, Md., and died in Lakeville, in 1851, aged 74 years; his mother was born in Northumberland county, Pa., and died in this tp., March 13, 1865, aged 81 years. Mr. Hardy was born in Drake county, Ohio, August, 1821; came with his parents to Indiana about 1831, and to Lakeville in 1835. He was married April 6, 1849, to Amanda Fisher, daughter of Samuel and Mary Fisher; they have 2 children: Mary E., born in 1852, and Albina J., born in 1858. They are members of the M. E. Church at Maple Grove; he has been a member of the church for 40 years; owns 60 acres of land in sec. 22. P. O., Lakeville.
Mahlon Heston, son of Amos and Nancy A. (Kurk) Heston, was born in Henry county, Ind., Sept. 5, 1826; his parents were natives of Pennsylvania; they moved to Berrien county, Mich., about 1838 or 1839, and from there to this tp., coming to his present farm about 1841, where he has been residing since, with the exception of a few years spent in South Bend. Mr. Heston was married Dec. 10, 1850, to Nancy Eastburn, daughter of John and Catharine Eastburn, at that time residents of Johnson county, Ind. He was married a second time to Harriet Barkley, daughter of Allen and Nancy Ross, who were natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Westmore- land county, Pa., March 19, 1832. By her marriage with Mr. Barkley, she had 4 children: James W., born April 27, 1853; Franklin, born Nov. 22, 1854; Alice E., born March 21, 1858; Mil- ton C., born May 29, 1860; James and Franklin were born in Hamilton connty, O .; Alice and Milton in Marshal county, Ind. Mr. Heston has a fine farm of 100 acres in sec. 10; he is a mem- ber of the Christian Church at Lakeville, also of the Masonic Lodge at the same place. P. O., Lakeville.
Andrew Huggart, son of Moses and Mary Huggart, was born in Rockbridge county, Va., Jan. 16, 1816. He left Virginia in 1836, going first to Dayton, Ohio, and in a few years to Piqua, in Marion county, O .; he came to this county in 1850. He was married July 3, 1839, to Jane Clark, daughter of Cager and Mary Clark, who was born in Amherst county, Va., in 1810; they have had 5 children: Wesley, born Aug. 23, 1840; Mary A., deceased, born March 30, 1842; James M., born Aug. 18, 1843; Sarah M., born June 12, 1850; Samuel M., born June 23, 1852. By trade, Mr. Huggart is a shoemaker, but has been engaged in farming since coming to this county. He joined the Baptist Church at Lancaster, Ohio, and is now a member at Sumption's Prairie. He has a well- improved farm of 80 acres on sec. 29. Their children are all mar- ried; James is living in South Bend; Wesley and Samuel are living on their farms in this tp. Mrs. H.'s paternal grandfather . was a fifer in the war of the Revolution. P. O., South Bend.
Joseph T. Jackson was born in Knox county, Ohio, January, 1831. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Eager) Jackson, were natives of Columbia county, Pa., and were of Irish and Scotch
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descent; they left Pennsylvania in October, 1828, going to Ohio, and from there to this county in the spring of 1854. His father settled on the place on which Mr. Jackson is now living, in secs. 13 and 18, of this tp .; he died here in the year of 1865, aged 59 years; his mother died on Dec. 17, 1879, at the advanced age of 79 years. In 1862 Mr. Jackson married Mary Hupp, daughter of Michael and Caroline Hupp, of this tp .; they had 4 children: Edward, Carrie B., Grace and Maud.
Mrs. J. died Nov. 18, 1877. and in June, 1879 he was married to Louisa Young, daughter of Philo and Susan Young, formerly of Marshall county, Ind., but living in Kansas. His son, Edward, is attending school at Valparaiso, Ind. Mr. Jackson is one of the successful farmers of this tp .; has 315 acres of good farming land. P. O., Lakeville.
A. H. Jester was born in North Carolina April 8, 1824; his par- ents, James and Jane (Williams) Jester, were natives of the same place; he came from there to Wayne county, Ind., in 1826. Dec. 23, 1849, he married Phœbe Reynolds; they have 5 children: Cal- vin, born Nov. 18, 1850, married Sarah Snow, and is now living in South Bend; Mary E., born Sept. 7. 1852, married Henry Longaker, and is living in Marshall county; Jane A., born Dec. 2, 1854; Mil- ton, born Aug. 6, 1856; Lilian, born Feb. 4, 1870. Mr. J., when a young man, learned the hatter's trade and followed it for 10 or 12 years; since then has been farming; has 85 acres in sec. 17.
Aaron Reynolds, Mrs. Jester's father, was born in North Carolina April 6, 1798; he left there in 1836, going first to Parke county, then to Wayne county, Ind., and to this county in 1850, when he bought the farm Mr. Jester now owns. In 1852 he removed his family to this place. He was married when about 20 years of age to Mary Pickett; they had 3 children: Ruth, Hannah and Malinda; Mrs. R. died in April, 1826; March 27, 1829, he married Elizabeth Har- way, daughter of Nathan and Agnes Harway. He came from Pennsylvania when he was yet a boy, and bought the land in North Carolina on which he lived and died. Mrs. R. was born July 3, 1799. Their children are Phoebe, John M. and Mary. Mr. R. is a miller by trade; he is yet a hale and hearty old man, and lives with his daughter, Mrs. Jester. The family belong to the society of Friends.
John A. Lamb was born Nov. 16, 1843, in this tp .; his parents, John A. and Lovina (Hungerford) Lamb, were among the first to settle in this county, coming here when Indians and wolves still ruled the country. He was married Nov. 29, 1868, to Sarah E. Clay, daughter of A. J. and Nancy Clay, of this tp .; she was born Oct. 20, 1848; they have had 2 children: William, deceased, and George A., born Jan. 25, 1874. Mr. Lamb enlisted in 1861, in Co. K, 29th Reg. Ind. Vol .; he was wounded at the battle of Stone River, got his discharge and came home; after remaining at home for abont a year he again enlisted with the nine-month men; he took part in the Battle of Shiloh. Since the close of the war Mr. Lamb
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has been engaged in farming; he owns the farm on which he was born, in sec. 19. P. O., South Bend.
Frederic Losch, son of Solomon and Gustianna (Rupert) Losch, of the Province of Saxony in Prussia; was born March 7, 1827; he left Saxony in May, 1862, going to Racine, Wis .; in 1869 he came from that place here. He was married in 1852 in Prussia, to Wil- helmina Rammelt, daughter of Samnel and Dora Rammelt, who was born June 4, 1824; their children are Charley, born Jan, 26, 1854; Osa, Feb. 28, 1857; Henry, Sept. 1, 1861. Charley married Hattie Skyles, of Liberty tp. Mr. Losch was educated in the old country, and when a young man learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed until he came to Wisconsin, where he worked in a sash and blind factory. On coming to this tp. he engaged in farming and carpentering. During the late war he served in Co. H, 32d Reg. of Wis. Vol. He owns 86 acres in sec. 20. P. O., South Bend.
Jonathan Lineback was born Jan. 11, 1830, son of Elijah Line- back, who was born in Madison county, Ind., in 1803, of German origin, and came to this country at an early day, settling in one of the Atlantic States. They soon scattered abroad, and some of them went to Kentucky. Mr. Lineback's father emigrated from Ken- tneky to Indiana while it was yet a Territory; he lived in Hancock county for fifteen or twenty years, and then moved to Iowa, where he died some years after. Mr. Elijah Lineback moved from Hancock county to Elkhart county, Ind., where he stopped for a short time and then moved to South Bend. He and his wife and child came on horse- back through the wilderness; and his wife, now the widow Rector, says she was frequently thrown from her horse while on the journey, but never hurt the baby. When they reached South Bend they found but three log cabins. Mr. L. went to work and erected his cabin, and engaged on the Michigan road as a laborer at $5 per month. He left South Bend some time after, and took up a quarter section of Michigan-road land about half a mile north of Lakeville, in Union tp., and for the first night he put up his bed under a sugar- maple tree, "And the next day," says Mrs. Rector, " I had to get din- ner for seven of the Michigan-road hands." They erected a two- faced camp, and were soon in comfortable quarters. This was in the spring of 1833. They were the first family in the tp., and Mrs. Rector, formerly the wife of Mr. Lineback, is the oldest settler now living in the tp.
Mr. Lineback married Elizabeth Little, who was born in January, 1809, and was a native of Wayne county, Ind. Their family is as follows: Jacob, who died when a year old; Jonathan, the subject of this sketch; Rose Ann, who died in infancy; George R., born Nov. 9, 1833, and married Amanda J. Hibey, of Marshall county, Ind .: Mary, born Feb. 10, 1836, and married John Boyes, a native of New York; he was raised in Ohio and came to Indiana in 1850; Nancy J., born Nov. 8, 1838, and died when young. Mr. Lineback died July 4, 1839, a worthy member of the U. B. Church, and
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highly respected by the community and all who knew him. His widow married Mark Rector, an old settler in St. Joseph county, and by him has had Irene, Isam and Harriet. Mr. Rector died in March, 1853. He was one of the first settlers and earned liis home- stead farm by working on the Michigan road at $5 per month. The subject of this sketch married Anna J. Moon, daughter of James Moon, of this tp. They have 10 children, 8 of whom are living: Irene, Mary J., James, Clara A., Franklin, Laura, Susan and Flor- ence. Irene married Douglas L. Rush, son of Squire L. Rush, for- merly of this township. They have one child. Mr. L. is engaged in farming. He was three years old when his father moved to this section, and well remembers the Indians and wild beasts that infested the country at that time. When he was 15 years of age he worked in Michigan at $5 per month until he had saved enough to buy 40 acres of land in sec. 36 of this tp., now owned by D. J. Fisher. He went to the Golden State in 1850, by the over- land route, when it took six months to get there. He there engaged in mining, with a good deal of success, and returned in about four years. He has a good farm of 80 acres in sec. 34. P. O., Lakeville.
James Moon, sec. 34; P. O., Lakeville; was born in Wayne county, Ind., March, 6, 1816, of English origin; his first American ancestors came to this country nearly a century before the Revolu- tion, and settled first in New York, but soon scattered abroad into Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia. His grandfather was a Quaker, and consequently did not participate in the war. He married, and his children were James, John, Mary, Malachi, Simeon, Richard and William, all of whom emigrated to Ohio, married, and had families. Malachi married Mary Fisher, whose ancestors came from Scotland, and his children were Sarah, Eliza- beth, Hannah, Eliza, Susanna, James, John, Mary, Eli, Nancy, John and one who died in infancy. He settled in Wayne county, Ind., in 1811; his nearest white neighbors on the north were at Fort Wayne, 90 miles distant. During the Indian troubles in 1812, he left the county for six months, but returned and died there in 1830. Mr. Moon, the subject of this notice, married Mary James in 1838. His children are: Ann J., who married Jonathan Line- back; John R., who volunteered in the 29th Ind. Reg. and died in camp in Kentucky; David, who died unmarried, aged 23; Malachi, who died unmarried, aged 22; Ansel B., who married Amanda Hupp, whose children are Emma and Jennie; Calvin, born May 16, 1849, and resides in Mishawaka. Mrs. Moon died in 1861, and Mr. Moon married Susanna Woentz, and by her has one son, Albion. He first came to this county in 1834, from Warren county, Ind., walking all the way. At this time there were but few villages
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