Jacob S. Walker, deceased, was a native of Milton, Ind., born May 29, 1841, and died in Henry County, Feb. 10, 1880. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Second Indiana Cavalry, and served twenty-two months. He was injured by a fall while on duty, from which he never fully recovered. He was discharged in 1863 on account of disability. Soon after his return home he was married to Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Marlatt, of Wayne County. They lived in Milton till the following spring and then moved to Henry County, and settled on a farm belonging to the Walker heirs. Two years later he bought the Wishart farm, containing 200 acres. He was an industrious, enterprising man, one of the most successful breeders of short-horn cattle in the county, owning at the time of his death, some very fine blooded animals. Mr. and Mrs. Walker had a family of five children - John T., Myrtle E., Mary, Alice and Jacob M. Mrs. Walker and her son are carrying on the farm.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 539 and 540.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John N. Watkins, grocer, New Castle, Ind., is a son of George W. and Mary (Needham) Watkins. His grandfather, Thomas Watkins, came to Henry County in an early day from Virginia, and settled near Middletown, Fall Creek Township, but subsequently moved to Miami County, where he died. George Watkins located on a farm in Franklin Township, where he died March 20, 1863. His widow afterward married T. J. Smith, and resides in Douglass County, Ill. They had a family of four sons, but three of whom are living - John N., Henry C., and Robert R., the two latter in Illinois. John N. Watkins went to Kansas in 1870 and traveled over the eastern part of the State, finally locating in Sumner County, where with John Baxter he pre-empted land and remained eighteen months. He returned to Indiana in 1874. He afterward clerked for Nixon & Son, druggists, eight years. He then, in company with William Redding, took the contract of building a fence for the New Castle & Rushville Railroad, and after its completion was appointed agent for the American and Adams Express companies, at New Castle. In July, 1883, he erected the store-house on Pennsylvania avenue, and opened his grocery, where he has since had a constantly increasing trade. His residence is on the corner of Broad street and Pennsylvania avenue. In 1874 Mr. Watkins was married to Sophia Rareshaid, of Wayne County, Ind. She died in November, 1878, leaving one daughter - Jessie Ray. May 24, 1882, Mr. Watkins married Jennie, daughter of Nelson and Jane Sisson, of Rush County, Ind. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 540.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Alonzo R. Wayman, son of William and Fidelia Wayman, was born Feb. 22, 1846, in Henry County, Ind. His education was obtained in the schools of New Castle, and when sixteen years of age he began clerking in the store of Burr & Black, remaining there three years. He then went to Anderson, Madison Co., Ind., and clerked for J. R. Cain & Co. four years. While at Anderson, in 1869, he was married to Alice Connell, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. She died in 1873, leaving one son - Frank L. From Anderson he went to Cambridge City and engaged in the grocery business four years. In August, 1873, he came to New Castle and opened a grocery in Powell's Block, and in 1877 erected his fine two-story brick building, 25 X 125 feet in size, on the corner of Broadway and Elm streets, to which he moved his stock, and where he is still carrying on a thriving business. Mr. Wayman was married a second time in 1875, to Alcestia Thornburgh, daughter of Hiram and Lydia Thornburgh, of New Castle. They have three children - Kate E., Omar A. and William H. Mr. and Mrs. Wayman are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His father was a native of Kentucky, and an early settler of Henry County. He first located on Blue River, three miles north of New Castle, but subsequently moved to New Castle, where he worked for some time at the tailor's trade. He afterward engaged in the dry-goods business, in which he continued till failing health compelled him to retire from active life. He died in 1856.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 540 and 541.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Lanson Wilkinson, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Feb. 11, 1821, a son of Joel T. and Hannah Wilkinson, his father a native of Connecticut, and his mother of Kentucky. His father died in 1851 and his mother then moved to Henry County, and located in Liberty Township, where she died in 1865. Our subject was reared a farmer, and has always followed that vocation. He now owns 107 acres of fine land, with good dwelling and farm buildings. He has of late given considerable attention to the raising of Clydesdale horses. He was married to Jane Lockwood, of Hamilton County, Ohio, but a native of New York City. They have six children - John, Augustus, Lewis, Hannah (wife of Albert Hilton), Rhoda (wife of J. A. Millikan), and Hettie. Politically, Mr. Wilkinson is a Democrat, holding to the principles of the old Jeffersonian party.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 541.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Loring A. Williams, agent for the United States Express Company, New Castle, Ind., is a native of this city, born June 18, 1849, a son of Simon and Ann J. Williams, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Indiana about 1845. His father was a saddle and harness maker, and worked at his trade several years in New Castle. Subsequently was employed on the Pan Handle Railroad, and was killed July 27, 1854, while in the discharge of his duty, the training passing obliquely over his body. He was a prominent Mason. His mother died about six years after her husband. They had a family of four children - John F., James M., Loring A. and Caroline V., all, save our subject, deceased. He was educated in the New Castle schools and Spiceland Academy, attending the latter school three years. He then taught several years; afterward was bookkeeper for the I., B. & W. Railroad contractors, in the meantime serving two years as Deputy Clerk. March 1, 1882, he received his appointment to the position he now occupies. He was married in 1881 to Carrie, daughter of Wm. C. Bowen, then of Wayne County, but now of New Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 59, I. O. O. F., and the Knights of Honor, and Knights of the Golden Rule.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 541 and 542.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William R. Wilson, County Superintendent of Schools, Henry County, Ind., is a son of Christopher and Elizabeth Wilson. He was born in North Carolina, April 2, 1844, and when ten years of age came to Indiana with his mother. He was educated in the schools of Wayne County, and later attended Spiceland Academy. He began teaching when nineteen years of age, and taught in the schools of Henry and Wayne counties several years. He subsequently engaged in the mercantile business till 1880, when he was appointed Deputy Clerk of Henry County, serving till his election to his present position, June 4, 1883. He was married in 1872 to Sallie E. Riddick, a native of Virginia. She died Nov. 15, 1880, leaving three children - Jessie, Lizzie and Louise. Mr. Wilson's mother died in 1875, aged fifty-six years. June 24, 1884, he married Miss Mary I. White, of Richmond, Ind.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 542.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Samuel Winings, dealer in grain and agricultural implements, New Castle, Ind., was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in April, 1837, a son of Joseph and Jane (Mullen) Winings. His father died in 1880. His mother lives in Millville, this county. He came to Henry County with his parents in 1853, locating in Liberty Township. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta and others, serving till September, 1864. After his return home he engaged in the mercantile business in Millville five years, when he moved to Ashland, and engaged in the grain trade. In March, 1884, he came to New Castle and formed a partnership with Frank P. Ice, the firm name being Ice & Winings. He was the first man to introduce the self-binder in Henry County, in 1877. Mr. Winings was married in 1865 to Mary A. Forkner, a sister of Judge Mark E. Forkner. They have six children, four sons and two daughters.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 542 and 543.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Captain Pyrrhus Woodward is a native of Henry County, Ind., born Aug. 1, 1822, a son of Asahel and Catherine Woodward, his father a native of Virginia and his mother of Maryland. His parents were married in Ohio, and came to Henry County, Ind., in 1819, settling in the woods near the present site of the I., B. & W. Railroad depot. His father planted the first corn in this part of the county, and continued to reside on the land entered from the Government till his death, March 19, 1875. His mother died Jan. 11, 1871. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. His grandfather, Thomas Woodward, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and at the battle of Germantown was taken prisoner, but soon after made his escape by crawling on his hands and knees past the guard. Captain Woodward was reared and educated in New Castle. When twenty years of age he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it till the breaking out of the Mexican war. He enlisted in that war as a private, but was appointed First Sergeant, and served as such till the close of the war. He then returned to New Castle and engaged in farming till 1861, when he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in Company C, Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and was elected its Captain. He served two years and two months, participating in twenty-one battles and skirmishes, among them Shiloh, Stone River, Perryville and Chickamauga. In the latter he was wounded by a fragment of shell, and resigned his commission. He returned to New Castle where he has since superintended his farm, which lies just in and north of the corporation of the town. He was married in January, 1850, to M. E., daughter of Walter and Isabel M. Hawkins. They have five children - Cordelia J., Isabel F., George W., Lenora and Charles F.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
New Castle and Henry Township.
Page 543.
Submitted by: Jeanie

B. F. Allen, blacksmith and proprietor of a wood-work and general repairing shop, was born in North Carolina, Sept. 19, 1838, a son of Simon and Hannah Allen. He passed his early life on the home farm, and when fifteen years of age began to learn the blacksmith's and wood-worker's trades, serving an apprenticeship of four years. When he was twenty-one years old he opened a shop of his own. He was married in June, 1860, to Sarah Jane Job, a native of North Carolina, born Jan. 8, 1837, and after his marriage worked four years in Snow Camp Foundry, N. C. He was conscripted in the Rebel army, but, on account of his Quaker prejudices, refused to serve and was excused. In 1870 he came to Henry County, Ind., and remained three years, returning to North Carolina. Two years later he again came to the county and settled in Ashland, where he has since carried on a lucrative business. He is the manufacturer of the celebrated Allen's two-horse harrow. He and his wife are members of the Friends' Society. They have three children - David T., John W. and Jonathan L. Mr. Allen owns his place of business and a good residence in Ashland.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 719 and 720.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Charles Beall, farmer, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 30, 1824, a son of William S. and Lydia (Lane) Beall, his father a native of Maryland, and his mother of North Carolina. His parents were married in Ohio about 1816, and in 1830 moved to Henry County and settled in Liberty Township. They died in Blue River Township. Of a family of twelve children ten grew to maturity. Charles Beall received but a limited education. He was married Sept. 10, 1846, to Vesty Ray, daughter of Thomas and Martha Ray, natives of Virginia. He rented land till 1852, when he bought the farm of 163 acres where he now resides. He has cleared 100 acres of his land since moving on it, and now has one of the best farms in the township. His wife died Nov. 20, 1871. Eleven children were born to them - Martha, Andrew J., Sarah M., James R. (deceased), William, John, Eliza E., Malinda, Charles B., Laurence and Thomas. Mr. Beall with his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, but are now members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Republican.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 720.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Clark Bland, blacksmith, postoffice New Castle, Ind., was born in Liberty Township, Henry Co., Ind., in 1847, a son of William and Sarah Bland. He remained with his parents till his marriage, and for four years after worked on the farm with his father. He then went to Ashland and formed a partnership in blacksmithing, word-work and repairing with Jasper Runyan, remaining with him eighteen months, when he built his present shop, and has since been carrying on the business alone. He is situated in one of the best farming localities in the county, and commands a good paying business. In 1881 he bought half an acre of land of his father and built a residence, where he has since lived. He was married in 1871 to Mary Hamby, daughter of William and Hannah Hamby, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively. She was born in Ohio in 1848, and came to Indiana with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bland have one daughter - Ella L. They are members of the Universalist church. Politically he is a Democrat.

Additional information on Clarkson Bland.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 720 and 721.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William Bland, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 1, 1802,a son of William and Mary (Rose) Bland, the former a native of London, Eng., and the latter of New Jersey. His father emigrated to America when he was twenty-fives years of age. He was a sea captain and was lost at sea, Feb. 14, 1804. Our subject was early thrown on his own resources, and worked in several places in New Jersey, and also in Philadelphia. He began learning the cooper's trade with John Gliden & Co., of Philadelphia, who were manufacturers of tanks for sea vessels. He ran away from his employer because of his ill treatment, and started for Cincinnati with only 5 cents in his pocket. He finished his trade in Cincinnati. He was married Nov. 2, 1827, to Sarah Ann, daughter of John and Lena (Cole) Laboyteaux, the former of French and the latter of German descent. Of their eight children seven survive, two daughters and five sons. After his marriage Mr. Bland lived on year in Mount Pleasant, then bought a farm north of Mt. Pleasant. He reared his log cabin and cooper shop the same day and proceeded to clear his farm. He remained on the farm about ten years and followed farming and coopering. In 1838 he moved to Henry County, Ind., and settled on the farm he had purchased the previous year, and where he has since resided, following coopering and farming till he was over seventy years old. He now owns 155 acres of excellent land. He and his wife are members of the Universalist church. He was one of the founders of the Devon church, over forty years ago, and belonged to the society long before there was a church.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 721.
Submitted by: Jeanie

James M. Boyd was born in Liberty Township, Henry Co, Ind., on the farm where he now resides, Aug. 31, 1838, the youngest son of Robert and Narcissa (Stinson) Boyd, his father a native of Kentucky, born Oct. 24, 1798, and his mother of Tennessee, born Nov. 1, 1796. His parents came to Indiana with their parents and located in Wayne County, where they were married Feb. 22, 1821. In 1826 they moved to Henry County, at that time a wilderness. His grandfather, Samuel Boyd, was a minister of the New Light church, and traveled over Indiana in the early days. His maternal grandfather, James Stinson, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war, and lost his eye-sight; was blind forty years before his death, and drew a pension from the close of the war. James Boyd received a good education and taught school several terms. After his marriage he settled on the home farm, his mother remaining with him. He was married Jan. 1, 1854, to Pamelia Hunt, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Oct. 20, 1832, a daughter of John and Margaret (Muller) Hunt, her father a native of New Jersey, and her mother of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have had three children; but two are living. They are members of the Flatrock Christian church. Mr. Boyd's farm contains 140 acres of land, all well improved.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 721 and 722.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Moses Brown, deceased, farmer and horse doctor, was born in Preble County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1819, a son of Isaac and Mary Brown, natives of North Carolina and Ohio respectively. In 1823 his parents moved to Henry County, Ind., and settled in the northern part of Liberty Township, in the woods. Isaac Brown was a very energetic, industrious man, and although obliged to undergo many hardships in the new country was successful, and cleared and brought under a good state of cultivation one of the best farms in the township. He and his wife were among the first members and founders of the Society of Friends in the township. Eight of their ten children lived till maturity. Moses was their second son. He was married March 8, 1839, to Delphia Dowell, a native of North Carolina, born April 15, 1819, a daughter of Peter and Margaret Dowell. After his marriage he lived in Blue River Township thirteen years, and in 1852 moved to the farm where the family now reside, in Liberty Township. Mr. Brown was an active member of the Society of Friends, as is also his wife. Of their eleven children nine are living - Anna, Joseph M., Isaac D., Margaret A., Aaron D., Samuel H., James A., John A. and Delphia J. Henry P. and Mary E. are deceased. Joseph M. enlisted in 1862, in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and served six months. Mr. Brown was a man of good judgment and a practical farmer. As a horse doctor he was very successful. His farm contained 180 acres, 160 under a good state of cultivation.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 722.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John Brunner was born Jan. 25, 1833, in Covington, Miami Co., Ohio, a son of George and Henrietta (Dechant) Brunner, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and the latter a native of Germany. Our subject was reared in Miamisburgh where he received a limited education, and at the age of fifteen years he was apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, at which he served three years. He then worked as a journeyman till he was married, Sept. 9, 1855, to Mary, daughter of George and Susan (Brower) Meyers. After his marriage Mr. Brunner engaged in the boot and shoe business, near Millville, Henry Co., Ind., where he remained five years. He has since carried on the same business in Millville. He and wife are members of the Church of God.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 722 and 723.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John Conway, stock trader, was born in Mason County, Ky., Nov. 15, 1820, a son of Miles and Catherine (McShirley) Conway, natives of Kentucky. They came to Indiana by wagon in 1827 and bought a small farm in Liberty Township, Henry County. A year later Miles Conway entered 240 acres Government land and remained there for fifty-two years. The first twenty years spent in Indiana they experienced all phases of pioneer life. Wolves were very numerous, often killing his sheep, carrying off his pigs, etc., but the hunters and men of the county kept killing them off until they became entirely extinct. Mr. Conway served in the war of 1812. At the time of his death he owned 160 acres of land, having sold several years previous some 300 acres. He died Nov. 3, 1883, aged ninety-four years. His wife survives him, aged ninety years. They were both active members of the United Brethren church for over forty years. They had five children - William, John, Elizabeth, Phoebe and Miles M. Our subject, John Conway, came with his parents to Henry County when he was eleven years old, and spent his youth in helping to clear his father's farm. He received a limited education in the old-fashioned log school-houses, the school year consisting of three months during winter. He was married Nov. 10, 1838, to Matilda, daughter of Moses and Mary Robertson. Of the eight children born to them, seven are living - Manda, Catherine, Elizabeth, Moses, William, John Wesley and Polly. Phoebe died in December, 1877. After his marriage Mr. Conway settled on his farm in Liberty Township, where he was engaged in trading and farming for fifteen years, when he sold his farm and followed the mercantile business two years in Hagerstown. He then moved to Millville, Henry Co., Ind., where he carried on general merchandising about four years, when he traded his stock of goods for a farm in Howard County, Ind., where he opened a store which he carried on in connection with farming, for two years. He then moved with his children to Missouri, his wife have died two years previous, Dec. 10, 1859, where he bought a farm and engaged in farming, stock trading and the dry-goods business in which he continued until he enlisted in the late war, April 2, 1862. He was in several engagements against Quantrell, Marmaduke, Anderson and Hart, all famous out-laws, and was taken prisoner at Glasgow, Mo., but was paroled about two hours after. He served three years and saw active service during the entire term of service. During the war, while on a visit to his daughter in Kentucky, he was taken prisoner by Morgan's men and remained in jail eight days, where he endured much privation. The rebels stripped him of his clothes, money and watch. He is now making his home in Henry County, Ind., and is one of the leading dealers in fast horses, of the present day. He has recently purchased a fine thoroughbred running horse of William Bowen, of Cynthiana, Ky. Mr. Conway has been a member of Hagerstown Lodge, No. 49, A..F. & A. M., for thirty-two years. He is a staunch temperance advocate, having never tasted liquor as a beverage for over thirty years. Politically he is a Republican. When our subject was a young man, a bear came into the neighborhood. He went out on horseback, ran it down and killed it by beating its brains out with a club.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 723 and 724.
Submitted by: Jeanie

George C. Craig, of the firm Mullen & Craig, proprietors of saw-mill and dealers in hardwood lumber, Ashland, Ind., was born in Liberty Township, Henry Co., Ind., June 4, 1848, a son of George and Elizabeth (Paul) Craig, natives of Pennsylvania. He passed his early life on his father's farm and in attending the common schools. On reaching manhood he engaged in farming following that vocation till 1880, when he engaged in his present business. In 1882 the firm of Mullen & Craig was formed, Joel Mullen being the other member. Mr. Craig was married in 1875 to Melissa Mullen, daughter of Thomas and Rachel Mullen, of New Castle. They have two children - Orval and Rachel Odella.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 724.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Jacob Denney, farmer, postoffice New Castle, was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1838, a son of Shubeal and Margaret Denney, his father a native of Virginia and his mother of North Carolina. His parents came to Henry County, Ind., in 1849, and located on Flatrock, Liberty Township, where they lived till his mother's death. His father then moved to Greensboro Township, where he still resides. His parents were reared in the Society of Friends. Of a family of three daughters and one son, one daughter is deceased. His father married Mrs. Dorothy Huff and they have three children. Jacob Denney was married when twenty-two years of age to Huldah J., daughter of Moses McKee. They lived ten years in Harrison Township and then moved to Madison County, but two years later returned to Henry County and settled on the farm where Mr. Denney now resides. Mrs. Denney died March 19, 1884, aged forty-two years. They had a family of ten children - Sarah, Emma Jane (deceased), William (deceased), Lillie, Elizabeth, Nancy, Charles, Isaac, Rosetta, Luther, and Ida Maud (deceased). Mrs. Denney was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Denney is a Republican.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 724 and 725.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Philip Dils was born in Fayette County, Pa., in 1838, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Dils. He remained with his parents till 1861, when, in August, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, at Eaton. He participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Mill Springs, Louisville, Nashville, Winchester and Tuscumbia. He spent four months in the hospital at Nashville and Dec. 16, 1862, was discharged and returned home. He then engaged in farming a year, and May 2, 1864, enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio National Guards, as Second Lieutenant, and served 100 days. In 1867 he moved to Preble County, Ohio, and three years later to Wayne County, Ind., where, Sept. 13, 1870, he was married to Phoebe Lane, daughter of Amiel and Lydia Lane, the former a native of Preble County, Ohio, and the latter of Guilford County, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Dils have had four children; but two are living. Mrs. Dils's parents were members of the Society of Friends. They were married Oct. 10, 1832, and to them were born seven children; but three are living. They moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1872 and located on the farm where Mr. Dils now resides, where Mrs. Lane died April 28, 1875, and Mr. Lane Nov. 8, 1880.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Liberty Township.
Page 725.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Deb Murray