AARON D. LINDLEY was a native of Chatham County, N.C., was born March 1, 1827, and died October 18, 1878. His parents were David and Mary (Hadley) Lindley, natives of North Carolina, who moved to this State and located on a tract about fourteen miles from where is now Monrovia, whence, in 1865 they moved to Iowa, where the father died in 1877, but his widow is still living. Aaron was reared to farming, received some education from the common schools, and afterward attended Earlham College for a time. He devoted his life to agriculture, and died where he had passed his days. September 20, 1849, he married Martha Painter, of Ohio, which union gave birth to six children--Jacob P., Samuel (deceased), Mary (deceased), Irwin D., and Howard. Mrs. Lindley died April 11, 1864, and on the 12th of September, 1865, Mr. Lindley wedded Sarah Maxwell, of Wayne County, and to this union was born one child--John M. Mr. Lindley was a birthright member of the Friends' Society. He left his family well provided for, and his farm has been well managed by his widow. He was a worthy and progressive citizen, and made great effort to have the Indianapolis & Sullivan Railroad completed, but did not live to see that enterprise consummated.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
MONROE TOWNSHIP
PAGE 279


AARON L. WILHITE is a native of Oldham County, Ky., was born June 16, 1824, and is a son of Lamech and Mary (Koebler) Wilhite, natives of Virginia, who moved first to Kentucky, and later, in 1836, to Indiana, where they settled on a tract of Government land in this township; thence they moved to Monrovia, where they closed their lives--he at about seventy-four, and she at about seventy-nine years of age-- and they had a family of seven sons and seven daughters. Aaron worked for his father and attended school until he reached the age of twenty-two. November 19, 1846, in Hendricks County, he married Rebecca Wiltz, which union was cemented by five children--Alexander, Sarah (deceased), Mattie, Elnora and Lafayette. Mr. Wilhite is agreeably located on a fine farm, comprising ninety-nine acres, cultivated and improved. He is a liberal, charitable man, a strong temperance advocate, a practical farmer and an honored citizen. One of his sons and one of his daughters hold positions as teachers. He and wife are communicants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Wilhite is a Steward.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, GREGG TOWNSHIP
PAGE 350


ABEL P. SHIELDS was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., October 8, 1842. His parents, SAMUEL and ELIZABETH (ROBERTS) SHIELDS, natives of North Carolina and Indiana respectively, were married in Indiana in 1838, and located on a farm near Columbus, Ind., where they lived until their deaths--the mother's occurring in 1859, the father's in 1875. Abel P. is the second son and child in a family of five children, and was reared in Bartholomew County until twenty years of age, when he enlisted in Company D, Sixty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, under CAPT. ABBOTT. He served for two years, and took part at Munfordville (where he was captured, and soon after paroled, then discharged), Yazoo Swamps (near Vicksburg), Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, the battle between Alexandria and Brashear City (where he with his regiment was captured; after remaining in prison for thirteen days he escaped, and finally reached his own line), Cross Roads, Plainfield and the entire Red River campaign. In July, 1864, he received an honorable discharge at Baton Rouge, La., and returned to his home, where he commenced work on his father's farm, remaining about two years. On February 25, 1865, he was married to MARGARET DAVIS, daughter of ENOCH DAVIS, a citizen of Brown County. They have one child--ELIZABETH LUELLA. After his marriage, he farmed for eight years, and then went to Edinburg, Ind., where he acted for two years as agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company He soon afterward came to Martinsville and acted in the same capacity until February, 1882, when he purchased the Red Cloud Saloon, which he is now running. He is a Democrat.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
PAGE 206


ABNER HADLEY, farmer, Brown Township, Morgan Co., Ind., is a native of Hendricks County, Ind., and the third of four children of JOSHUA B. and MARY T. (HADLEY) HADLEY, natives of North Carolina. He was born December 28, 1828; reared upon a farm; at the public schools of Indiana acquired a good English education, and in his early manhood taught two terms in Hendricks County. His father died in the twenty-eighth year of his age when our subject was about three years of age. His mother died in Hendricks County November 19, 1880, in the seventy-third year of her age. Subject lived with his mother until he was about twenty-one years of age, when he set out in the world for himself. On March 21, 1850, he was married, at West Union, Morgan County, to ANN, daughter of DAVID and MARY LINDLEY, natives of North Carolina. By this marriage he had born to him four children--CHARLES (farmer in Hardin county, Iowa), MARY E. (wi fe of THADEUS S. TOWNSEND, now at Albany, Oreg.), FRANKLIN M. (in Morgan County), AND FLORA E. (wife of JAMES P. HENLEY, of Hendricks County, Ind.). The mother of these children died February 1, 1862, in the thirty-third year of her age. On April 15, 1863, he was next married to BEULAH, daughter of WILLIAM and ANN HADLEY, natives of North Carolina. By this marriage two children were born, JOSHUA and EDGAR. Mr. Hadley's second wife died February 24, 1867, in the thirty-seventh year of her age, and on January 14, 1869, he married for his third wife SALLIE A., daughter of WILLIAM B. and LUDAH E. HUBBARD, natives of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are both birthright members of the Friends' Society, and are at present Elders in the White Lick Church of that denomination; Mr. H. is also one of the Trustees of this church. He is a liberal giver to all churches and schools in his vicinity without regard to sect or creed. In politics, he is a Republican; is also an ardent temperance man and advocate, and a friend of prohibition at all times. From the estate of his father, he inherited a tract of land of small value. The rest of his property he has acquired by his own industry. He owns at present a fine farm of 285 acres, nearly all in cultivation, well improved and stocked with horses, hogs and cattle. The farm and stock receive his personal supervision and management. He came into Morgan County in the spring of 1863, and located upon the farm since owned and occupied by him, about one-half mile north of the town of Mooresville. He is a reputable and influential citizen, respected by his neighbors and esteemed by his church as one of its most substantial pillars and supporters. His wife is a woman of unquestionable merit, and noted for her charities and Christian conduct.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
PAGE 222


ABRAHAM SIMMS is a native of Surrey County, N.C., was born April 29, 1820, and was the third of the family of JOHN and FRANCES SIMMS, both natives of North Carolina, the former born August 8, 1793, the latter May 18, 1784. They were married in Surrey County October 27, 1814; in 1832, moved to Shelby County, Ky., and in 1833, to Hendricks County, Ind., and one year later to Morgan County, locating on the identical farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch, where they both closed their lives, he August 22,1837, and she September 3, 1854. They reared a family of five--CYRUS, ELIZABETH, MATTHEW, NIMROD and ABRAHAM. Abraham Simms came with his parents to this county in 1834, where he grew to manhood and married, March 29, 1843, MISS ELLEN, daughter of DANIEL and SOPHIA GRAVER, who died April 15,1877, having been the mother of five children--SARAH J. (deceased), CATHERINE, SOPHIA, SUSANNA and GEORGE W. Mr. Simms is sole owner of the homestead created by his father; he is a member of the Baptist Church, an excellent man and a respected citizen.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
PAGE 207


ABRAHAM WEAVER, stock-raiser and farmer, is a native of this township, was born November 21, 1830, and is the fourth of the five children born to John and Elizabet (Davis) Weaver, natives of Wythe County, Va., and of German and English descent respectively, who came to Indiana in 1830 and entered land in Monroe County. Abraham was reared on a farm, attended school but a short time, working closely for his father. November 5, 1857, he married Mary Jane, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Languell, a union which was followed by four children--Cyrus, John T., Henry Washington Halleck and George McClelland. Mrs. Weaver died September 13, 1865, and December 12, 1866, he wedded Nancy S., daughter of David and Eliza (McCown) Allen. To this union were born three children--James S., Daniel Vorhees (deceased) and Albert Homer. Mr. Weaver has taken two degrees in Masonry. He has 400 acres of excellent land, which is under fine cultivation and well stocked; also improved by a comfortable residence. Mr. Weaver has been generally successful, having lost $6,000 by misplaced confidence. In politics, he is a Democrat.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA BAKER TOWNSHIP
PAGE 368


ABRAM B. HART, stock-raiser and farmer is a native of this township; was born July 13, 1819, in Sussex County, N.J., and is the third of four children born to Nathaniel and Mercy (Rose) Hart, natives of New Jersey, and respectively of English and Irish extraction. Abram was reared a farmer, and in 1841 came to this county, locating where he still resides. With the help of $1,300, he has succeeded in life, and owns a farm of 220 acres, 150 of which are under fine cultivation, with good orchard and many improvements. February 8, 1840, he married Miss Sarah A. Chipps, daughter of Morris and Margaret Chipps, of New Jersey, with a result of nine children--Mercy, Margaret A., Amos S., Mary (deceased), Aaron R. (deceased), Mahala E., John W., Sarah E. and Emma M. Mr. Hart is a practical and prosperous farmer, and a life-long Democrat, having given his first vote for Mr. Van Buren. He is a man of progressive ideas, and a model father and husband, and a very greatly esteemed citizen

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
PAGE 252


A. B. WALKER, eldest son of Michael and Mary (Andrews) Walker, natives of Maryland and Ohio, respectively, was born in Johnson County, Ind., October 20, 1855. His parents located in Milford, Ohio, after marriage, where the father followed his trade of cooper for a short time, removing thence to Indianapolis, where he began the manufacture of barrels. His property there being destroyed by fire, he went to Franklin, Ind., his present residence. A. B. Walker was reared in Johnson County, Ind. He received a good education in the graded schools at Franklin, and at the age of seventeen, was employed by the F. F. & M. R. R. in the office of John M. Johnson, at Franklin. Two years later, he was appointed agent at Martinsville for the same road, and is at present acting in that capacity. In 1878, he began buying timber and for two years past he has also been dealing in coal. In August, 1883, he built a factory for the manufacture of hubs, spokes and staves, and has thus far been very successful. In February,1882, he was married to Louisa A. Clapper, daughter of W. G. and Martha Clapper, Martinsville. Mr. Walker is a charter member of the K. of P., Anniversary Lodge, No. 89, is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
PAGE 215


ADAM R. SHAKE, farmer, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., April 25, 1821, and is the youngest in a family of five children born to George and Cristiann (Donaldson) Shake, natives of Jefferson County, Ky., and of German and Scotch descent respectively. George Shake was educated and married in his native State, where he owned a small farm, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until the fall of 1835, when he came with his family to Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind. Here he entered and bought 400 acres of wild land and improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1848, in his fifty-sixth year. Mr. S. was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his wife of the Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Adam R. Shake, the subject, received only a limited common school education, and was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. His father then deeded him 160 acres of wild land adjoining the old homestead, which he improved and upon which he still resides, having 240 acres, upon which is the best sugar orchard in the township. Mr. Shake was married, January 7, 1841, to Miss Martha B. Whitaker, a native of Shelby County, Ky. Nine children blessed their union, six of whom--two sons and four daughters--are yet living. Mr. Shake and wife are devoted members of the Christian Church. He is also a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M., of which lodge he is a Past Master. In politics, he is a Republican.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, ADAMS TOWNSHIP
PAGE 318


A. J. FIELDS was born in Madison Township, Morgan County, August 20, 1830, and is the son of Allen and Elizabeth (Ritcher) Fields, natives respectively of North Carolina and Virginia. The parents came to Indiana in 1828, and located in Madison Township, where they resided until their death. Our subject was reared upon a farm, received a rather limited education, and came to Clay Township on January 1, 1853, and continued farming, being at present located upon a farm of 138 acres of well-improved land, of which he is the owner. He has been twice married. First to Clarissa Butterfield, on December 18, 1853. She was native of Morgan County, and daughter of Veloris and Clarissa Butterfield. Seven children were born to them--Omer A., born February 12, 1856, died July 17, 1870; Francis O., born August 10, 1860, died March 30, 1882; Martin A., born November 30, 1868, died May 18, 1882; George A., born December 4, 1871, died November 25, 1874; Ada A., born August 18, 1858; William F., born July 13, 1864; Annetta, born July 15, 1862. The mother of these children died on October 2, 1872, a consistent member of the Christian Church. He was next married, on March 20, 1874, to Eleanor Butterfield, who was born on January 15, 1837. She is the daughter of John H. and Eleanor Butterfield. They have no children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fields are members of the Christian Church, in which he has been Deacon for the past twenty years. Consistent in his piety, lavish in his gifts to charity, upright in his dealings with his fellow-man, Mr. Fields is respected by all who know him. Mr. F.'s father, Allen Fields, was born on March 18, 1789, and died on October 24, 1877; his mother, Elizabeth Fields, was born on December 2, 1793, and died on April 24, 1864.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
CLAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
PAGE 261


ALBERT H. NUTTER first saw the light of this world in Morgan County, Ind., on the 2d day of May and of the year 1854. He is a son of John and Sarah Nutter, and a young man of uncommon excellence and much promise. September 2, 1875, he married Miss Charlotte T., daughter of Thompson and Mary J. Hendricks, and a native of this County, having been born August 29, 1858. To this happy union have been born two children--William C. and Edith E. Mr. Nutter is highly respected in his community, and resides on one of the farms belonging to his father, in Section 21.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
PAGE 200


ALBERT VOYLES was born in Morgan County, Ind., August 20, 1842, and is a son of Ivan and Irena (Elgin) Voyles, natives of Indiana; the former born in 1813. Mrs. Voyles died in 1855, after which Mr. Voyles married Catherine Shireman; he died in 1880. The grandfather of our subject, Moses Voyles, was one of the earliest settlers of Washington County, Ind., whence he moved to Morgan County, and there lived out his days; he was a soldier of the war of 1812. Albert Voyles is the youngest of the four children of his parents. August 11, 1862, he became a soldier of Company H, Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, in which he served until June, 1865. In October, 1868, he married Susan, daughter of Joshua and Rhoda Gilpin, and born in this county February 20, 1849, which union was cemented by two children--Mamie D. and James K. Mr. Voyles is a practical man and a respected citizen.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
PAGE 216


ALEXANDER HARDWICK was born November 10, 1842, in Clay Township, Morgan County, Ind. His father, William Hardwick, was born in Tennessee in 1808, and while he was quite young his parents moved with him to Kentucky. He then went with them to Mooresville, at the age of fifteen, and in 1835 married Elizabeth Cox, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. She went to Ohio with her parents in early youth, and thence to Morgan County. Here she was married to William Hardwick, and they have been living in this county ever since. Mr. Hardwick was of English-Scotch, and his wife of Irish-Dutch descent. Alexander, their son, and our subject, was born and reared near Centerton. His advantages for an education were limited, but he improved such opportunities as he had, and thus acquired sufficient learning to become a successful teacher. This profession he has followed for about ten years. He has been for six years engaged in the flouring-mill and in the grain business. For about two years he was engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Hardwick never aspired to any public office, but was elected Trustee of the township in 1874, which position he resigned at the expiration of the first year. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F., Martinsville, Lodge No. 274, since 1868. In 1860, he began to do business for himself, and in March, 1868, married Eliza E., daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Matthews. Joel was a son of Hiram, or Judge Matthews, as he is commonly known. Elizabeth Rooker is a daughter of Wilson and Polly Rooker, all old settlers of Morgan County, and have lived and are living near Mooresville. Mr. Hardwick's present occupation is teaching, of which he is seemingly fond.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
CLAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
PAGE 263


ALFRED A. WATSON, blacksmith, was born in what is now Ashland Township, Morgan Co., Ind., October 22, 1848, he being the seventh in a family of eleven children born to Simon and Samirah (Bowman) Watson, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume. Alfred A. Watson, our subject, received a good common school education in his native county. At the age of twenty-two, he began learning the trade of blacksmithing, serving an apprenticeship of three years. He then opened a shop of his own in Eminence, Morgan Co., Ind., where he is still conducting the business. He was married, December 24, 1869, to Mrs. Jane (Nicholas) McMorries. Six children were born to them, of whom three daughters are still living. Mrs. Watson dying February 23, 1881, Mr. Watson next united himself with Mrs. Mary J. (Summers) Sligar November 16, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Watson belong to the Baptist and the Methodist Episcopal Churches respectively. Mr. Watson is a member of the Eminence Lodge, No. 317, I. O. O. F. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is one of the principal business men of Eminence, Morgan Co., Ind.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA ADAMS TWP.
PAGE 325


ALFRED M. SMITH, teacher, was born in Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind., November 24, 1851, and is a son of Hackney and Rebecca T. (Duty) Smith, both natives of North Carolina, and of English descent. Hackney Smith was educated and married in his native State, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until the fall of 1838. He then removed with his wife and family to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled near Belleville, where he farmed on shares for some five years. In 1843, he came to Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind., entered a tract of land and improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1855. Both himself and wife were members of the Baptist Church. Alfred M. Smith, the subject, received a good common school and academic education. His mother died in 1860, but he remained on the home farm with his siter until 1866, after which he made his home with Solomon Dorsett until the fall of 1871. He then commenced teaching, and has taught during the fall and winter ever since, being employed as a salesman or at farming in the summer. He was married, in December, 1874, to Nellie J. Ogles, a native of Morgan County, Ind. Three children blessed their union, only one of whom, Lena F., is now living. Mrs. Smith died in October, 1880. She was a member of the Baptist Church, of which church, Mr. Smith is also a member. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is one of the enterprising and respected citizens of the township and county.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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MORGAN COUNTY ADAMS TOWNSHIP
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ALLEN HADLEY (deceased) was born August 14, 1828, and was the seventh of thirteen children born to JOHN B. and ELIZABETH HADLEY, the former having died October 12, 1845, in his forty-seventh year; the latter December 22, 1858, in her fifty-ninth year. They were natives of North Carolina, located in Morgan County, founded a home and lived until their deaths, both members of the Friends' Society. Allen Hadley was a native of this township, where he grew to manhood. March 20, 1851, he married NANCY T., daughter of ELI and CECILIA TOWNSEND, to which union were born three children--CECILIA A., JOHN F. and ALLEN. After his marriage, he followed farming, and continued the same until his decease, September 10, 1881. He was owner of 166 acres of improved land; a birthright member of the Friends' Society, a Republican and a Prohibitionist. Mrs. Hadley resides on the farm owned by her husband, near Mooresville.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA MONROE TOWNSHIP
PAGE 276


ALLEN R. SEATON was born in Jefferson County, Ky., April 28, 1808, a son of George and Sarah (Drake) Seaton, natives respectively of Virginia and Kentucky, who dated back to the Scots and Britons. They were married in Kentucky in 1803, and raised a family of ten. Allen grew to manhood with his parents and remained with them until he was twenty-two years old. August 11, 1830, he married Sarah Pound, a union which produced nine children--John P., George W., Charles, Richard (deceased), Mary E. (deceased), James P., Sarah J., Grafton W. and Apphia M. (deceased). In 1832, he came to and settled on a tract of land entered by his father in this township. His sons Charles and Grafton are prominent physicians of this county, the former being now Treasurer thereof. Mrs. Seaton died at Hall January 31,1884, aged seventy-two years. She, with her husband, joined the Christian Church in 1835. Mr. Seaton owns a comfortable eighty acre farm given to him by his father. He was once a Whig, but is now a Republican.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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MORGAN COUNTY, GREGG TOWNSHIP
PAGE 346


ALLEN T. MANKER was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 15, 1827; is the sixth son of nine children (eight sons and one daughter) of Jacob and Marion (Jones) Manker, natives of Ohio. His mother died when he was five years of age, and the succeeding eleven years of his life were spent at different places in the neighborhood of his nativity. He acquired something of an education by a few months' attendance at the winter schools in his neighborhood, and in 1841, in the town of Hillsboro, Ohio, began the trade of carpenter and served an apprenticeship of three years. He came into Morgan County in 1845, and has since recognized Mooresville as his home. In 1854-55, he ran a grist mill in Montgomery County, and from 1874 to 1880 had charge of the Magnolia Mills at Mooresville two different times, aggregating something over three years. Going thence to Brooklyn, Ind., he closed his mill experience by about one years's service. In 1856-57, he was engaged in the livery business at Mooresville, and the rest of his life has been devoted to the business of contractor and builder. He was married at Darlington, Ind., April 16, 1857, to Nancy J. Gaskill and has had born to him seven children--Frank E., Clinton W., Mary I., James M., John W., Charles and Livingston. In 1852, he "bull-whacked" across the plains from Iowa to Portland, Oreg., and returned to New York via the Isthmus. The best buildings in Mooresville are marks of his handiwork. He superintended the erection of the new Methodist Episcopal Church, drew the plans of the Masonic building, and erected the Odd Fellows Hall. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, belongs to the Masons and Knights of Honor; is a strict temperance man, and in politics as out-and-out Democrat.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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AMOS THORNBURG, of the firm of Thornburg & Small, dealers in grain and proprietors of the Union Mill and Elevator, was born in this county February 27, 1827, and likewise reared here. His father, Benjamin Thornburg, was born near Harrodsburg, Ky., September 25, 1797; reared in Washington County, Ind., and in 1822 removed to this county; settled near Brooklyn, and entered in all 160 acres, 100 of which are now in cultivation. He was rigidly temperate, and thus set a fair example to the pioneers; a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also an exhorter and class-leader; he was an old-time Whig, and later a Republican. In 1817, he married a Miss Susan Monical, who died in 1876, having borne fourteen children, seven of whom survive--Rachel (Mrs. Moon), Hannah (Mrs. Davis), Amanda (Mrs. Hornor), Ada (Mrs. Dryden), John H., Peter F. and Amos. Our subject engaged in farming for his father several years, and in 1856 purchased sixty acres in Brown Township, to which he added forty afterward. He continued farming until l877, when he moved to this town and engaged successfully in the milling line, having one of the best mills in the country, with buhr and roller combined. Their elevator is also very superior, having, capacity of 40,000 bushels; they can, too, load and weigh a car of wheat in eight minutes. Mr. Thornburg has been twice married--first, April 10, 1854, to Miss Caroline E. Doughty, of Vermont, who died January, 1876, leaving three living children--James D., Benjamin E. and Albert M.; second, October 3, 1877, to Mrs. Amanda B. Wilson. Mr. Thornburg is an Odd Fellow, a Republican and strictly temperate and prudent.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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AMOS W. REAGAN, M.D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Mooresville, Ind., is the fourth son of Reason and Diana (Wilson) Reagan, natives of South Carolina, and probably of Irish and English extraction respectively. Amos W. was born in Marion County, Ind., April 3, 1826, and the first sixteen years of his life were spent upon a farm, alternating, in the usual manner of farmers' sons, the duties thereof with occasional attendance at the common schools. In 1845, he entered Asbury University, where for three years he assiduously devoted himself to study, acquiring a thorough English education and a fair familiarity with the classics. January, 1847, in the office of Dr. G. B. Mitchell, at Mooresville, he began the study of medicine, and at the end of one year entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from whence he graduated in the spring of 1851 with the degree of M. D. Returning to Mooresville, the Doctor formed a partnership with his old preceptor, and for the next succeeding twenty-two years, interrupted only by a three years' service in the army, carried on the practice of medicine. Dr. Reagan rose rapidly in the profession, and ere many years was ranked among the most successful practitioners in Morgan County. Early in July, 1862, he entered the service of the United States, and was at once commissioned Surgeon of the Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. From his enrollment to the close of the war, his command was never without his services, and the last eighteen months of the time he was Acting Brigade Surgeon of the First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps. The distinguished services of the old Seventieth Indiana are immortalized in the already written history of our country, and it is not essential to the purposes of this sketch that many bloody engagements be here detailed or even referred to. Suffice it to say that in bivouac or in battle, its sick, its wounded and its dying were never without the attendance of one of the most skillful surgeons of the army. While at Bowling Green, Ky., in September, 1862, the Doctor contracted chronic diarrhea, resulting in disease of the heart. From the effects of this, he has never recovered; but, on the contrary, the symptoms have grown perceptibly worse within the past few years. From 1872 to 1875, our subject was associated with Dr. Perce at Mooresville, since the dissolution of which partnership he has been alone in the practice. He has been thrice married, and is the father of three children, two only of whom are living. His first wife was Nancy Rooker, daughter of Jesse Rooker, who died in the fall of 1858, after having been married about three years. His second wife was Sarah E., a younger sister of his first wife. She lived about five years of married life, and died without issue in October, 1871. To his present wife, a Mrs. Ella Elliott, who has bone him one child, he was married in November, 1882. In 1860, he was elected to his third term of Trustee of Brown Township, but entered the United States Army before that term of his office expired. At this writing (November, 1883), Dr. Reagan is enjoying a lucrative practice; is a prominent member of both County and State Medical Societies; belongs to the Masonic order, and to the Methodist Episcopal Church; has been for the past nine years member of the Mooresville High School Board; is a Republican in politics, an upright gentleman, and rightfully holds the esteem and confidence of the community in which life has so far been spent.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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ANANIAS MICHAEL, farmer and stock-raiser, was born March 22, 1830, in Augusta County, Va., and is the eldest of ten children born to Jonathan and Susan (Huffer) Michael, Virginians, of German descent. Ananias came with his parents, in the fall of 1834, to Clinton County, Ind., and they remained here until 1849, when he moved to Putnam County, where the old people remained until their death. Ananias settled in Morgan County, Ind., in the fall of 1853. From his father's estate he received about $1,200, and has a nice farm of 158 acres, beautifully situated and supplied with many of the modern improvements. When he first settled here, roads were scarce, and there were but a few houses scatttered around for a considerable distance, the principal feature being vast forests. Mr. Michael was united in marriage, on December 29, 1852, to Lucinda Stanton, a native of Putnam County, Ind. They have had six children--Mary A., Jonathan, Sarah A., Susan A., Ida B., and Minnie M. (deceased). Mrs. Michael is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Grange, and is a very liberal citizen. Mr. Michael voted first for President Taylor, and since that has been a Democrat. Mrs. Lucinda Michael is a daughter of George W. and Sarah (Hood) Stanton, natives of Tennessee and of Virginia respectively.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY ASHLAND TOWNSHIP
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ANDREW J. BAKER was born January 31, 1840 in Monroe County, Ind., and is the sixth of the seven children of James H. and Nancy (Kemper) Baker, natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. Andrew was reared as a farmer, and received some education from the public schools. In August 1861, he became a soldier of Company H, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteers, and served in the following battles: Wild Cat, Thompson's Station, where he was wounded in the leg, taken prisoner and confined two months in Libby Prison. He was then exchanged and fought afterward at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, Marietta, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Savannah, Bentonville, and the famous march to the sea. He was also present in the grand review at Washington, and was discharged August 8, 1865. August 17, 1865, he married Mrs. Margaret J. Goss, widow of Sims H. Goss, which union produced five children, three of whom are living - Alvina H., John and Franklin. Mr. Baker has been elected Justice of the Peace of this township, at which he is now serving, and is a Republican.

"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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ANDREW J. GOODPASTER (deceased) was born in Bath County, Ky., November 24, 1822, was the son of Michael and Margaret (Carpenter) Goodpaster, and was reared a farmer. September 19, 1844, he married Scythia Carpenter, also a native of Bath County, born February 20, 1824, and daughter of Michael and Sallie (Jones) Carpenter. The month following his marriage, Mr. Goodpaster came to this township and settled on a farm which had been entered by his father-in-law, built a cabin and reduced the forest to a home, where he lived until his death, July 18, 1865. His widow now conducts the farm, which consists of eighty acres, and is well cultivated and stocked. She is a consistent Christian, an amiable woman, and the mother of six children-- Sarah M., Andrew Jackson, Mary M., Betsy Ann, Nancy J. (deceased), and Lou, the last named now a teacher.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA MADISON TOWNSHIP
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ANDREW J. WATSON, merchant, was born in Ashland Township, Morgan Co., Ind., February 23, 1845, and is the sixth child in a family of eleven children born to Simon and Samirah (Bowman) Watson, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky. When but an infant one year old, in 1813, Simon Watson's parents emigrated from North Carolina to Washington County, Ind., where they remained only a few months. They then removed to Jackson County, Ind., where young Simon passed his childhood and youth, receiving only a very limited education at the rude log schoolhouses of that frontier settlement. In about 1830, the family came to Adams Township, Morgan Co., Ind., where his father entered land, and improved a farm. Simon was married November 27,1836, and soon afterward entered 160 acres of land in Ashland Township, Morgan Co., Ind., to which he has since added, now owning a well-improved farm of 200 acres. For more than forty-five years, he and wife have been members of the Missionary Baptist Church; he is also a member of the Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M.; and in politics is a Democrat. The father of Mrs. Samirah Watson, viz., John Bowman, was one of the companions of Daniel Boone in the early settling of Kentucky. Andrew J. Watson, the subject of our sketch, received a good common school education in youth, and was employed on the old homestead, in Ashland Township, until he had attained his twenty-third year. He then taught in this and Owen County during the fall and winter seasons for some sixteen years, being employed at the painter's trade during the summer months. In March, 1883, he engaged in merchandising at Eminence, Ind., in company with Mr. Joseph C. Rhea, continuing in the trade one year. He is not at present engaged in any active business. Mr. Watson was married, June 21, 1874, to Miss Lucretia A. Cummings, a native of Morgan County, Ind. Two daughters have blessed their union. Both Mr. Watson and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is also member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M., of which lodge he is a Past Master, and has represented the same in the Grand Lodge of the State. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is one of the prominent citizens of Morgan County.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA ADAMS TWP.
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ANDREW WRIGHT, a pioneer of Madison Township, was born in Harrison County, Ind., August 8, 1808, and is the eldest of ten children born to William and Mary (Inyard) Wright, natives respectively of Kentucky and Pennsylvania. William Wright served as a Lieutenant in the war of 1812, and came from Kentucky to Indiana about the year 1807; he settled in Harrison County, and there died, a respected pioneer. Andrew Wright was reared a farmer. May 15, 1834, he married Elizabeth Blunk, who bore him ten children, two of whom are yet living--Mary A. and James. The mother of these having died, Mr. Wright married Roema Harden, who bore him two children; she died in 1865. Mr. Wright next married Delia Hornady. In the spring of 1834, Mr. Wright came to this township and purchased 120 acres of unimproved land, to which he has since added eighty acres. His farm is now well improved, and well stocked with horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and the necessary farming implements. In politics, Mr. Wright is now a Republican, although his first ballot was cast for Andrew Jackson for President. He is an advocate of temperance, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA MADISON TOWNSHIP
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ARNOLD W. HADLEY was born at Mooresville, Ind., May 8, 1846. His parents, JEREMIAH and ELIZA (MCCRACKEN) HADLEY, had eight children, of whom our subject was third, with two brothers older. He lived upon the farm with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age, spending about one-third of his "school age" in pursuit of an education. In 1867, he went to Kansas, and remained six years--four years in mercantile business, and two dealing in live stock. Returning to Indiana in 1873, he for the next succeeding ten years, in company with his brother, ran the Mooresville Elevator, handling large quantities of grain,and also dealt extensively in coal. September 16, 1873, he was married at Monrovia to ALMEDA, daughter of AMOS HUNT, deceased, and has had born to him two children--EDWARD J. and HERMON A. In April, 1883, as the head and sole manager of the firm of A. W. Hadley & Bro., he began the manufacture of drain tile at Mooresville, and at this writing they have one of the most extensive works of the kind in Morgan County. Mr. Hadley and wife are members of the Friends' Church, and he is Deputy (District) Grand Dictator of the Order of Knights of Honor. Subject is a Republican in politics, an active worker in the cause of temperance, and prominently identified with the educational interests of Mooresville.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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A. R. VANSICKEL was born at Martinsville, this county, February 27, 1842, and is one of the eight children of Jacob and Mahala (Salmon) Vansickel, natives of Sussex County, N.J. Jacob Vansickel was born in 1814, his wife in 1812, and in 1838 they moved to Henry County, Ind., and thence to Morgan County, where Mr. Vansickel died in 1860, and Mrs. Vansickel twelve years later, Their family was Mercy A., Mary E., Sarah S., John D., Andrew R., Alonzo, George W. and Susan R. Our subject, August, 1861, enlisted in company G, Twenty-Seventh Indiana Volunteers,and served until September, 1864, with much experience in many severe battles. After his discharge and return to this county, he married, November 24, 1864, Mary L, daughter of Henry and Phebe Miller, and a native of New Jersey, born February 20, 1840, which union was favored with six children--Otis H. (deceased), Sarah E., William F., Maggie A., Joseph A. and Mary E. Mr. Vansickel is a member of the Masonic order, of the G. A. R., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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A. S. HART is the ninth child in the family of A. B. and Sarah A. (Chipps) Hart, both natives of Sussex County, N. J., where they married, and in 1840 moved to Morgan County, Ind., and made there a home. Their family was made up as follows: Mercy, Margaret, Amos S., Mary, Aaron R., Mahala, John W., Elizabeth and Emma. A. S. Hart, our subject, was born in Morgan County December 12, 1845. November 24, 1870, he married Miss Emeline, a daughter of Maxville and Sarah Shireman, and a native of this county, born July 10, 1848. This union was endeared by the following family: Harry M. (deceased), Ora A., Maggie M., Laura A. and Adie. Mr. Hart is a highly esteemed gentleman, a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and likewise of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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ASHBEN W. WALTERS was born in this township October 3, 1856, and is the sixth child of Robert S. and Nancy A. (Duckworth) Walters, the former a native of Owen County, Ind., the latter of Kentucky. Our subject was brought up on a farm and remained there until he was twenty-two years old, when he engaged in the dry goods business at Paragon, and also atended two terms at Bedford Academy in 1878. He remained in buisness one year; then returned to the farm for two years, after which he engaged with his brotehr-in-law in the drug business at Paragon; he afterward went to Colorado, and engaged in mining for a short time, when he returned home and resumed farming on the land entered by his grandfather. Mr. Walters is a radical Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church, a liberal gentleman and an esteemed citizen.

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MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA RAY TOWNSHIP
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ATLAS BRAY, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Chatham County, N. C., July 7, 1826, and is the second child of seven sons and three daughters born to James and Sarah (Edwards) Bray, the former a native of North Carolina, born 1796, the latter of the same State, born 1802. James Bray was a farmer, who located in Hendricks County, Ind., about 1834; farmed on rented land; then removed to this county, where he secured land. This he afterward sold and went to Missoui about 1853, and to Kansas in 1869, where he now enjoys a retired life. Mrs. Bray is also living, aged eighty-two years. They are long-established members of the Baptist Church. Atlas Bray remained at home until he was of age, when he worked at farming in jobs at 37 cents per day. Notwithstanding this poor labor, he was enabled after a time to purchase forty acres of timber land, which he set about to clear and improve; afterward sold the same and purchased 280 acres in Iowa, and finally exchanged for the farm on which he now resides, combining 153 acres. He likewise possesses a good farm in Monroe Township. In July, 1849, he married Emily Craven, by which union were born to them seven children--John F. (deceased), Enos, Mary, Sarah, Clara, Oscar and Luther. Mr. Bray has been a successful farmer and is a worthy citizen. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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MORGAN COUNTY ADAMS TOWNSHIP
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AUSTIN HATLEY was born in Chatham County, N.C., September 15, 1822, and is the eldest of the family of WILLIAM and MARTHA (BOWERS) HATLEY, natives respectively of North and South Carolina, who moved to this State and county in 1832, where they closed their lives--he in 1847, and she eight years later. They were parents of ten children--HARRIET, JACOB, WILLIAM, JAMES, LEROY, MINERVA, ELIZA, POLLY, ELIZABETH A. and AUSTIN. Our subject has remained in this county since brought hither by his parents. December 19, 1850, he married CATHERINE, daughter of HARVEY and SUSAN WILLIAMS. In 1869, Mr. Hatley located on his present farm, previous to which, in 1868, his wife died, and afterward he married SARAH WILSON, who died in 1872, whereupon, in 1873, he married FRANKIE E. MARTIN. Mr. Hatley has been the parent of fifteen children in all--WILLIAM H., MARTHA A. (deceased), HENRY J., ELIZABETH J., GEORGE W., THOMAS M. (deceased), LAFAYETTE and three unnamed, by his first; SARAH C. (deceased) and HARRIET M. (deceased), by his second, and MARY A., RICHARD P. (deceased) and NANCY E. by his third wife.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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AUSTIN SWEET is a native of Fleming County, Ky., was born August 16, 1831, and is the youngest of the three children of Benjamin and Harriet (Mills) Sweet, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. Benjamin Sweet was born in 1798, his father, William Sweet, having been one of the earliest pioneers of Fleming County, Ky., and the parent of eight sons and two daughters. Benjamin moved to Morgan County, Ind., in 1834, where he and wife closed their lives. Our subject, Austin Sweet, married in this county, November 22, 1855, Hannah K., daughter of John and Isabel Clark, and born March 11, 1838. This union gave being to six children--Benjamin F., Halleck (deceased), Edward M., Harriet A., Ann (deceased) and Otis A. Mr. Sweet is a worthy and genial gentleman, as well as a respected citizen.

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"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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