Daniel T. Snyder, County Auditor, Liberty, was born in Union County, Ind., near the village of Brownsville, July 21, 1835. His grandfather, Michael Snyder, was a native of the “Keystone State,” but when a young man went to Lee County, Va., where he married and resided until 1807, when he came to this county with his family and entered 640 acres of land on Richland Creek in Brownsville Township, which was at that time considered the “wilds of the far West.” His family at that time consisted of a wife and eight children, and although he brought with him considerable means, the comforts of life were not thought of, without suggesting the idea of a journey to procure them. In this wilderness he cleared a large farm, reared his large family, and lived to see them all advantageously settled in life, and at a ripe old age passed to another state of existence. His son, Michael J. Snyder, was born in Lee County, Va., January 8, 1794, and was the eldest of the eight children in his father’s family, and was but fourteen years of age when the family came to this county. He served on the frontier against the Indians in the war of 1812, and some years later was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Summers, a native of Wayne County, Ky., who bore him four children. He was twice married, his second wife being Mrs. Rachel Dawson, a sister to the first, and a widow lady with four children. She was also a native of Wayne County, Ky., where she was born May 30, 1803. By this marriage there were nine children, six of whom are yet living. Mr. Snyder in politics was a Democrat until 1860, when he became identified with the Republican party, and he and his wife were consistent members of the Christian Church, and although never surrounded by affluence, they were well-to-do people and highly respected and much esteemed in the neighborhood in which they resided. Mr. Snyder has been dead several years, but is survived by his faithful wife and companion, who makes her home with her children, and although eighty years of age is in possession of all her faculties and is as sprightly as many women at fifty. Daniel T. Snyder was reared upon the old homestead in Brownsville Township. His education, or rather the germ from which his education resulted, was what he learned at a country schoolhouse, where noise and confusion were more prevalent than knowledge, and the cracks in the walls more apparent than discipline. When about eighteen years of age, he entered Whitewater College, where he remained about one year. There by close reading and study he made himself a good scholar and stored his mind with a fund of useful information. Before attaining his majority, he began teaching school, which he followed during the winter season until 1860. In 1857, he entered Smith’s Mercantile College of Cincinnati, from which institution he graduated. In 1860, he received the appointment of Assistant United States Marshal for taking the census of Union County. This he performed alone in eighty-three days with great exactness and much satisfaction to the department. He was enrolling officer for Brownville Township during the late war, an arduous and dangerous position, which he filled to the satisfaction of the Government, and without fear or favor. He was a stanch and uncompromising Union man and Republican, and did all in his power to keep up a strong, loyal sentiment at home and to assist and encourage the boys in the field. On the 20th of June, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Heaton, a lady who was reared and educated in the city of Cincinnati. By this union there is one child, named William H. Mr. Snyder, from 1865 to 1878, was almost constantly employed at school teaching, and was highly thought of as an educator, his services being eagerly sought. In 1878, he received the Republican nomination for County Auditor, to which position he was elected the same year, and re-elected to the same important office in the fall of 1882. Although reared a Democrat, he, at the breaking-out of the late war, became identified with the Republican party, and since that time has been one of its stanchest supporters.

Submitted by: Jeanie
Atlas of Union County Indiana.
J. H. Beers & Co. Chicago. 1884.
Page 71.

Stanley and Druley Families. Early in 1700, Thomas Stanley, the great-grandfather of Zachariah J. Stanley and Nicholas Druley, two heads of the families now in Union County, emigrated from England and settled in Hanover County, Va. He was the father of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to a ripe old age. Five the seven sons emigrated to the county of Guilford, State of North Carolina, about the year 1757. One of the sons, Joseph Stanley, grandfather of Zachariah J. Stanley and Nicholas Druley, was married in Guilford County, N. C., to Miss Catharine Helten. He was a minister in the Society of Friends, and was drowned in the Yadkin River. This couple were the parents of six sons and four daughters, among whom were Zachariah Stanley, the father of Zachariah J. Stanley and Sarah Stanley, the mother of Nicholas Druley. Some years after the death of Joseph Stanley, the widow, with a portion of her family, emigrated to Clermont County, Ohio, and, after remaining there several years, removed in about 1819 to the State of Indiana. Zachariah Stanley, one of the sons, was born in Guilford County, N. C., December 9, 1781, and in the same county and State was united in marriage with Mary Bedwell, who, too, was a native of Guilford County, N. C., born July 13, 1785. Mr. Stanley, with family, emigrated to what is now Harrison Township, Union Co., Ind., in the year 1812. Other members of his father’s family emigrated at different periods from 1814 to 1819 to Indiana and Ohio, and there began the work of the pioneer, which was fraught with difficulties and dangers on every hand, leaving the beautiful cultivated fields and improved farms with the endeared associations of their youth, for a home in the then almost unbroken forests of the far West. What a deep sense of gratitude and high appreciation should be breathed forth from our hearts for our pioneer ancestors who wrested the wilderness from the wild beasts, and by their untiring industry, patience and perseverance made possible the high state of Western civilization of to-day. To Zachariah and Mary (Bedwell) Stanley were born Pleasant, February 16, 1803; James, May 24, 1804; Jonathan, May 18, 1806; Sarah, March 5, 1808; Tempy, January 15, 1810; Jehu, June 15, 1811; Synthia, October 7, 1813; Eliza, October 2, 1815; Mary, July 7, 1817; Zachariah J., July 3, 1819; Elizabeth, August 16, 1821; Joseph, October 1, 1823; Esther, July 6, 1826, all of whom lived to be men and women. Of the above-named sons and daughters, Zachariah J. Stanley, who has ever been a resident of the vicinity where born, occupies a lovely home located in the northern part of Union County, on a beautiful tract of highly cultivated and well-improved land. He was reared on his father’s farm, receiving such training in the elementary branches as the times of that period afforded the general farmers’ sons. On reaching manhood, he began doing for himself; not abandoning the occupation of his youth, he continued in agricultural pursuits, and as the years hurried onward by industry and good management, acres upon acres were added to his fields, until now he is the possessor of 1,000 acres of most excellent land adjoining his residence, and more in other counties. Mr. Stanley, in 1847, was married to Martha Williams, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., on the 21st of August, 1823, of parents Benjamin and Margaret (Bennett) Williams, the former a native of the State of North Carolina, though reared in Tennessee, and the latter a native of Virginia, each coming to this vicinity at an early age. There were born to this couple a son and daughter, viz., William H. and Mary M., the former being the husband of Ella A. Husted, and the latter the wife of Isham Esteb. Zachariah J. Stanley, the father, though a Democrat in politics, has never taken an active part in political campaigns, either local or national, has never aspired to any office or public honor of any kind, but on the contrary has avoided public notice or notoriety, this being characteristic of the Stanley family. He is a public-spirited man, and all public improvements find in him a strong advocate and liberal supporter. It is known among his most intimate friends that he is ever ready to give liberally of his wealth to the establishment of any public institution in this vicinity when the surety of such is guaranteed. He is a man of warm friendly feeling, and once one’s friend he is ready, even at a sacrifice, to confer a favor, often borrowing money and loaning to his friend at the same rate of interest, and charging nothing for his time, trouble, etc. He is a man of excellent judgment, and his opinions in matters are often sought for and considered weighty. Through good management and financiering and the practice of economy, Mr. Stanley has become one of the wealthiest men in Union County. He is a good citizen, a kind neighbor and friend, and is, by the people of the county at large, highly respected. He is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Stanley attributes much of his financial success to habits of business acquired long before he reached his majority. His father sent him, when but quite a youth, with his dressed hogs to Cincinnati, to make sales and transact such other business as was necessary. The first land he purchased was a tract of eighty acres of what was known as the school lands, for which he was to pay $1,800. Being without means, he went into debt for the full amount, giving to the parties holding the land his note for the amount. On $900 of this he was to pay 10 per cent interest, and 7 percent on the other $900. This was during the hard times from 1836 to 1840. At first the sun shown out with all its brilliancy; the balmy breezes, with the soft, glistening, mellow dews of the morning were most cheering; but soon the dark clouds were gathering, and the cool, wet east winds fell like a pall over the financial affairs of the Western country. Produce became almost unsalable, and with Mr. Stanley, business was a struggle. He was likely to fail to meet the interest on the notes, but by excellent management he raised it all within himself, but $5, which had to be paid or the mortgage foreclosed. To raise that amount he contracted with Mr. Middlecough, the proprietor of a distillery near by, to haul a four-horse load of whisky to Cincinnati, taking with him his provisions for the entire trip, including horse-feed. He camped out during the journey, providing himself with a small kettle to boil water and prepare coffee. This trip netted him just $5, which was at once applied to cancel the balance of the interest on the first purchase of land. This obligation was met when hogs were selling for $1.75 per hundred (net weight), and then had to be driving to Cincinnati. Wheat was only bringing 50 cents per bushel, and other produce in proportion. The Druley family began peopling this section of the West when known as Indiana Territory. In the year 1811, Nicholas Druley, with his wife, Sarah (Stanley) Druley, and family, emigrated from Guilford County, N. C., and made a temporary stop in Clermont County, Ohio; then removed to the present Stanley and Druley neighborhood, and settled upon a tract of land in Section 11, which Mr. Druley purchased of Joel Moore as assignee, and upon which the parents lived until death. The father of Nicholas Druley was Samuel Druley, whose nativity is unknown, he having been enticed, when a small boy, on board a ship and therefore never knew his place of birth. He grew up in North Carolina, and was there united in marriage with Nancy Timmerman, a daughter of an Englishman who was a resident of that State, and whose wife was a Scotch woman. Samuel Druley was a man of medium height, heavy build, fair complexion, large blue eyes, with hair nearly white and inclined to curl. He was genial and affable. He served under Gen. Greene in the Revolutionary war, and during his absence his wife was much annoyed by both the Tories and British. They threatened to shoot her, burn her house, etc. On one occasion she procured them kindling-wood and dared them to carry out the former of their threats; and on another occasion she laid bare her breast and challenged them to shoot. This couple emigrated to what is now Union County in 1814, and here passed the remainder of their lives, dying, the father at the age of seventy years, and the mother at the advanced period of ninety-five years.

Nicholas Druley, after emigrating to this vicinity and becoming one of the pioneers of Indiana, and among the very early settlers of what subsequently became Harrison Township, having left an old and settled State with its salubrious climate, its fine fruits and vegetables, and the early associations of his youth, was for some years of his pioneer life in the almost trackless forest, somewhat dissatisfied, and three times returned to his native State in search for salable bottom land, leaving his family and making the trip on horseback. He finally became satisfied, and here tilled the soil until final rest came. His birth occurred in Guilford County, N. C., March 12, 1780, and that of his wife in the same county and State December 5, 1785. They were the parents of Letha, born July 27, 1806; Levi, born November 22, 1808; Elizabeth, born March 25, 1811; Aaron, born October 15, 1813; Dennis, born January 1, 1816; John, born March 9, 1818; Martha, born October 9, 1822; Nicholas, born January 22, 1827; and Joseph, born March 29, 1829. The father was a firm and positive man, noted for his uprightness of character and square dealings. His consort was a woman who enjoyed life, and having a happy disposition imparted it to those around her, and made sunshine where, otherwise, darkness would have prevailed. They lived and died consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he departing this life July 9, 1849 (dying of cholera), and she March 13, 1877, at the advanced age of nearly ninety two years. Nicholas Druley, Jr., now residing in the northern part of this county, on one of the finest tracts of upward of 300 acres of the best land in this region of the country, upon which is a handsome brick residence and a large commodious barn, is, as will be noticed above, the eighth child of Nicholas and Sarah (Stanley) Druley, and was born in this county, in the vicinity of where his life has been spent, January 22, 1827. He, too, like his neighbor and relative, Mr. Stanley, was reared on a farm, and enjoyed the same educational advantages, and also adopted the same vocation in life, that of farming, which he still pursues. On the 1st of November, 1849, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth C., daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Sullivan) Nutter, and a native of this (Union) county, where she was born on the 19th of September, 1832. Her parents were natives of Guilford County, N. C., the grandfather being Benjamin Nutter, among the earliest settlers of this vicinity, removing to Indiana Territory and locating in what is now this county, in 1807. Her father, Charles Nutter, was one of the most prominent men in the county; he served two terms as County Treasurer, and represented the people of the county in the Legislature. His death occurred January 3, 1863. To the union of Mr. Druley and Miss Nutter have been born the following-named children: Mary, Julia, Charles, Cora, Elizabeth, Oren, De Forest, Augusta, and Walter. Mr. Druley is one of the substantial men and public-spirited citizens of the county, and was chosen by them at the fall election of 1852 to represent them in the State Legislature, in which body he served during the first session after the adoption of the new State Constitution, having defeated in the race the Hon. John Yaryan by a vote of 28. Mr. Druley is one of the leading and most popular Democrats in the county. He has several times been the candidate of that party for the same position, but owing to the party’s minority, has as often suffered defeat – the first time in 1856, by Judge Elijah Vansandt, by the exact vote he had previously defeated Mr. Yaryan – 28. Since 1856, Mr. Druley has been identified with the Masonic order, having connected himself with Lodge No. 58, at Liberty, and was one of the charter members of Liberty Chapter. He is also a member of the order of Masonry, designated as “Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.” In the Valley of Indianapolis, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree, the highest conferred in the West, and has had presented to him the usual diploma given in the city of Boston for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States. He is highly esteemed as a citizen. The members of the Stanley family have for many past generations born a remarkable resemblance to each other, and to each generation the traits of character have been in a marked degree transmitted. They are a tall, muscular and raw-boned people, carrying but little flesh, and are fair in complexion, with light eyes and hair. The family are very numerous, extending across the continent from Maine to California, while the Druley family are few in numbers (some fifty adult male members). The Stanley family are noted for longevity of life. Of the eleven children of Joseph and Catherine (Helten) Stanley, but one died under the age of fifty years, some, again, living upward of ninety years. Comparatively few have died in infancy. The two families have held several re-unions since June 13, 1878, at which time a re-union organization was effected, with Zachariah J. Stanley as President, and Nicholas Druley Secretary. We are informed by the Secretary that up to this time reports of the genealogy of about 1,000 families have been received, in which are set forth the dates of birth from the year 1729.

Submitted by: Jeanie
Atlas of Union County Indiana.
J. H. Beers & Co. Chicago. 1884.
Page 72.

John M. Stanton, merchant, Quakertown, is a native of Center Township, this county, where he was born February 23, 1826. His father, Zaccheus Stanton, was a native of Campbell County, Va., where he was reared, and married to Miss Susan Batter. In 1806, he moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he remained until 1817, when he and his brothers, who had resided up to this time in Virginia, came to Union County, Ind., and located in Center Township. William, Latham, James, Samuel and Aaron were the names of the brothers, and all were married and all reared families in Union County. Aaron was Commission of Union County a number of years, and other members of the family were called upon to fill positions of honor and trust. They were members of the Friends Society, strong opposed to the institution of American slavery, and prominently connected with the famous "Underground Railway." Many of their descendants are still living in Union County, and are among its most useful and honored citizens. The wife of Zaccheus Stanton died soon after coming to the county, and a few years later he married Miss Elizabeth Swain, a native of Guilford County, N. C. By the first marriage, there were four children, and by the last, five. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton were highly respected by all who knew them, and reared their large family in a very creditable manner. Mr. Stanton died March 19, 1869, and his wife July 14, 1868. John M. Stanton was reared upon his father's farm, his education being such as the schools of that early day afforded. In 1848, he and his father and brother purchased the woolen mills at Quakertown of Benjamin Bond, which they operated until 1857, when they sold out, and John M. embarked in mercantile business at Quakertown, where he has since remained. He was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Freeman, June 16, 1856. This lady was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, October 21, 1828, and is the daughter of Moses Freeman, one of the prominent farmers of Union County. By this union there were four children, viz.: Carrie C., Freeman K., Atha M. and Wade W. Mr. Stanton has always voted with the Free-Soil and Republican parties, but has never aspired to any political preferment. His reputation as an honest, consistent, straightforward man was won through his life-long devotion to the cause of temperance. In youth he was temperate, and in his manhood he has not departed from his habits of total abstinence. Through his influence a large temperance mass-meeting was held, in 1854, at Quakertown, and, greatly through his exertions, these meetings have been held annually ever since, results in much good. He has been at the head of a lodge of Good Templars for the last twenty years at Quakertown, and has done much to sustain it and keep up the interest in all needed reforms. He is a reading, well-posted man, and one of the county's progressive, intelligent and useful citizens.

Submitted by: Jeanie
Atlas of Union County Indiana.
J. H. Beers & Co. Chicago. 1884.
Page 72.

John C. Stephenson, farmer, P. O. Billingsville. Few men in Union County are better known or more highly respected than John C. Stephenson. He was born September 13, 1825, in Montgomery County, Ohio. James Stephenson, his father, was a native of the Keystone State, and while he was a child his father, John S. Stephenson, a native of the Emerald Isle, removed from Pennsylvania to Montgomery County, Ohio, and after living there some years moved to this county and settled near Goodwin’s Corner. Here the family, for the most part, ever after resided. James Stephenson did not accompany the family to this county, but remained in Ohio, where, in 1823, he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Forbes, who a few years previous had, with her widowed mother, come from County Tyrone, Ireland. Mr. Stephenson remained in Ohio until 1832, and then moved to this county where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1839. He was an honest, hard-working man, and in connection with farming ran a saw mill and tannery. In his family were the following children: William F., John C., Mary E., James M. Sarah J., Margaret E., Louisa A. and Israel H. Mrs. Stephenson survives her husband and resides upon the old homestead at an advanced age. John C., the subject of this sketch, was reared upon a farm, receiving such education as the common schools of that day afforded. His father dying when our subject was about fourteen years old, and he being one of the oldest of the children, many of the hardships of caring for the family fell to his lot. He, in connection with his brothers, farmed the old homestead until 1871, when he purchased the farm he now resides upon, where he has since lived. He was united in marriage with Miss Lydia Knotts, December 17, 1864. This lady was born July 11, 1843. They have two children – Charles O. and Elsina. Mr. Stephenson has always voted with the Whig and Republican parties, and has held positions of honor and trust in the township in which he resides. He takes an interest in all enterprises that go to build up the country or benefit his fellowman. He is one of the county’s successful and practical farmers, and one of its most substantial citizens.

Submitted by: Jeanie
Atlas of Union County Indiana.
J. H. Beers & Co. Chicago. 1884.
Page 72.

Charles W. Stivers, Postmaster and editor of the Liberty Herald, Liberty, was born near Decatur Village, Adams Co., Ohio, August 21, 1848. He is the second son of a family of five children born to James M. and Louisa J. (Higgins) Stivers, who were natives of Adams and Clermont Counties, Ohio. They were united in marriage in 1844, and some years later took up their residence in Brown County, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their days. In early life, Mr. J. M. Stivers was filled with an ambition to attain an education sufficient for him to become a professor in some institution of learning, but circumstances prevented his ever realizing this cherished hope, although he was a teacher in the common schools of Adams, Brown and Clermont Counties for twenty-five years. While employed as a teacher, he took up the study of surveying and civil engineering. A few years after moving to Georgetown, Brown Co., Ohio, he was elected County Surveyor, a position he held for eight years, with great credit to himself and lasting benefits to those for whom he labored. He was an educator of great popularity and rare excellence, and his work as a surveyor was noted for its correctness and dispatch. At the early age of nine years, he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during his long and eventful lifetime remained a consistent member of that denomination . He was descended from German ancestry and his wife from Scotch-Irish. They were not surrounded during their lifetime with affluence, but were, nevertheless, highly respected and much esteemed where they lived for the purity of their lives and the high standard of morals they observed. Mr. Stivers died September 20, 1882. His wife had preceded him to the better land some twenty years. Charles W. Stivers, the subject of this brief sketch, assisted his father upon the farm until fourteen years of age, at which time the family removed to Georgetown, Ohio, where soon after young Stivers was apprenticed to John G. Doren, editor of the Southern Ohio Argus, to learn the printing business. He remained in the employ of Mr. Doren, until the paper was sold to Hon. L. B. Leeds, who retained his services, the name of the paper at this time being changed to the Brown County News. He remained with Mr. Leeds about a year, and then after a winter spent in the office of the Courier of Batavia, Ohio, came to Connersville, Ind., and entered the employ of W. H. Green, Esq., at that time publisher of the Connersville Times. After working the Times office about a year, he went to Cincinnati, where he remained some months, receiving instruction in job printing. In July, of 1866, he came to Liberty, Ind., to accept a situation with J. H. McClung, then editor of the Liberty Herald. In less than a year, Mr. McClung wishing to sell out, Mr. Stivers then but twenty years of age purchased the paper, and with the exception of about a year and a half, has been its editor and publisher, a portion of the time in connection with his brothers, Scott and Jackson. From 1873 to 1877, he owned and published the Brookville American, and during the campaign of 1876 he owned and edited the Rushville Republican. In February of 1877, he sold the last named paper, and in September of the same year disposed of the first named to W. H. Green, its present proprietor. These papers, under the efficient editorial management of Mr. Stivers, did telling and effective work, for the Republican party during the hotly contested campaign of 1876. Mr. Stivers was united in marriage, October 3, 1867, with Laura E., daughter of Israel Freeman, one of the early settlers and prominent citizens of Union County. To this union were born three children – Frank A., Orion L., and Florence E. Mr. Stivers was commissioned Postmaster at Liberty, February 10, 1882, by President Arthur, upon the recommendation of Senator Harrison, a position he holds at the present time. In 1872, he received the Republican nomination of Treasurer of Union County, but at the general election was defeated by T. F. Huddleston, an independent candidate, who had defeated J. B. Macy, the Republican nominee two years previous. This was on account of factional strife and personal bickerings in the Republican party. Those who are acquainted with the condition of party politics in Union County at that time, and looking at the matter from an unbiased standpoint, see nothing prejudicial to Mr. Stivers in this episode in his history. Very certain it is, that it did not affect his allegiance to the principles of his party, as subsequent history has demonstrated, for no member of the party has been more unwavering or zealous than he. Mr. Stivers has no college or seminary to look back to as the means of his education. The common schools of his native State were the only institutions of learning to which he had access. In the printing office when he was learning his trade, at home upon the farm, his leisure hours were spent in reading and study, and in this way succeeded in compensating himself in a great measure for the meager facilities afforded him at school, and now if he does not possess a classical education, his mind is well stored with practical and general information, that fully qualifies him for an intelligent and efficient discharge of the duties that devolve upon him as an editor, Postmaster and citizen. His active and laborious career upon the farm and in the printing office has peculiarly fitted Mr. Stivers for the positions he now occupies, or any other in the gift of the people. He is an orator far above mediocrity; always fortified with sound argument, he is ever ready when occasion requires to take the stump in defense of those principles which his convictions of right teach him are just. A strong, clear-sighted and vigorous writer, Mr. Stivers has gained many friends and admirers while connected with the Liberty Herald and other journals. In his present position as Postmaster, he is demonstrating his capability and efficiency as a public officer. He is active in every good work and public enterprise calculated to build up the community or benefit his fellow-man. As a citizen, his character is unblemished by a single dishonorable act and his conduct toward others is of that genial and pleasing nature, so well calculated to secure many friends, and so essential an element in making up the popularity of a public man. In this sketch of Mr. Stivers, the writer has been governed by a simple review of facts; that he has done his subject that justice he deserves he does not pretend to assume, and will only add, that in his life is afforded the best evidence of the justness of Republican governments, where true merit and not wealth and distinction of family qualify men for positions of honor and trust.

Submitted by: Jeanie
Atlas of Union County Indiana.
J. H. Beers & Co. Chicago. 1884.
Page 72.

Benjamin F. Tappen, farmer, P. O. Liberty, a son of Samuel and Katherine (Dyche) Tappen, is a native of Union County, Ind., where he was born January 1, 1818. Samuel Tappen was of English stock, his ancestors coming from England to Massachusetts in 1640. In 1665, his grandfather settled in Woodbridge, N. J. Samuel was born in the State of New Jersey, April 14, 1781, and when a lad, with his sister, was bound to William Ludlow, who became a surveyor of public lands in the Territories of Ohio and Indiana, and in 1796 emigrated to the Northwest Territory, stopping at what is now Carthage, the father of our subject and his sister accompanying him. After reaching his majority, Samuel Tappen returned to his native State, and about the year 1808 he again came West, bringing with him his mother, others coming with them. For a time they stopped at Red Lion, Warren County, Ohio, when Mr. Tappen came to the Territory of Indiana, and made some improvements on the land where his son Samuel now resides in Center Township, this land having been located for him by Mr. Ludlow. His first possessions were in the vicinity of Carthage, which were sold, and he then purchased in Union County. Katherine (Dyche) Tappen was a native of Virginia, born May 4, 1794. Her parents moved to Kentucky, and from thence to Warren County, Ohio, in an early day. Samuel and Katherine (Dyche) Tappen were the parents of the following-named children: F. Dyche, Sarah A., James M., Benjamin F., Ruth H., William W., Phoebe J., Elizabeth, Mary M., Samuel C., Margaret and Arbella. Mr. Tappen resided on this farm all the remainder of his life. His death occurred November 21, 1874. He was of a very jovial and cheerful disposition, and his home a hospitable one. The death of his wife occurred August 19, 1876. Our subject was reared on the homestead, and there remained until after his marriage, which occurred in October, 1845. He received but a limited education, and a portion of it in the old log schoolhouse that stood on the pike leading east from Liberty, where the toll-gate is now located. After marriage, in 1846, he purchased land on Hanna’s Creek, known as the Hunter place, and there farmed for some years, when he removed to land adjoining. He subsequently moved to what was designated the Morgan farm, upon which he built a brick house. Some two years ago he built a neat home in the suburbs of Liberty, where he now resides. He has always been occupied as a farmer, and is one of the county’s substantial men. Mr. Tappen has been three times married. His first was Martha Hunt, daughter of Charles Hunt, of Warren County, Ohio. The Hunts were among the early and influential families of that county in an early day. His children by Miss Hunt were Ester A., Mary K., Emma C. and Charles C. The wife died in 1853, and in February, 1858, Mr. Tappen married Mrs. Emiline Rose. She died in 1870, and on the 26th of October, 1875, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary F. Kyle, daughter of John L. and Margaret (Sutton) Armstrong, born October 19, 1837. Our subject, like his father before him, is a Republican in politics.

Submitted by: Jeanie
Atlas of Union County Indiana.
J. H. Beers & Co. Chicago. 1884.
Page 72.

Deb Murray