The War of 1812, as mentioned in archived records, Montgomery County USGenWeb site. William McCormack (Source: William McCormack's Probate Completed 10 January 1859; RL 929.3 Montgomery County (Ind.) Probate Records of Montgomery County, Indiana, 1822-1940.)"... To Wit: On the seventh day of October in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty three, it being the fifth judicial day of the October Term of said Court, for said year and before our said Judge, Comes said Administrator and files his petition verified by Oath in vacation of said Court To Wit. On the 11th day 1853, asking an order of said Court to sell and transfer Land Warrant No. 923 of the date of the 11th of February 1851, for 80 acres issued under Act of Congress of the 28th of September 1850, in the name of said William McCormack, Private in Captain Yearlys Company Colonel Dickinsons Reg. Virginia Militia, War of 1812 who has deceased, since the issuing of said Warrant, setting forth among other things that the personal Estate of said William McCormack is insufficient to pay off the indebtedness of said McCormack, and that he left as his surviving heirs Allen McCormack, Anderson McCormack, Burel McCormack, George McCormack, William McCormack, Thomas McCormack, Julia Ann Fisher, Polly Wade, Johnson McCormack and James McCormack. ... " George Fruits (Source: People's Guide Directory. Indianapolis: Cline & McCaffie, 1874 "Ripley Township section") "This township can boast of the oldest man in the State; his name is George Fruits; he now lives two mi. W. of Lane Post Office; he was b. in Maryland in 1763; and settled in Montgomery County in 1815; during the War of 1812 he served in Capt. Samuel Lee's Company under Col. Noble; he was one of the frontier guards, and was wounded at the battle of Blue Lick, in Ky, by a rifle ball in his leg, which he still carries. Mr. Fruits is 111 years old, and walks about the premises with considerable ease; his wife is still living, they have been marr. 65 years. Mrs. Fruits is 85 years old. Ripley Twp." William Fleming Davidson (source: Queries - Montgomery County USGenWeb Project Lois S. Weinman , 9312 Stickney Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226-2635) "William Fleming Davidson and his spouse, Mary Lattimore, in Montgomery County early 1800's. Reported he fought in the War of 1812, was a school teacher/farmer and fathered 9 children with Mary. He died in Montgomery Co. circa 1836; buried in Finley Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery County, Indiana." McKinney Baldwin (source: Queries - Montgomery County USGenWeb Project, Linda Schaaf l@schaaf.hawthorne.nv.us) "McKinney Baldwin b. 22 Nov 1792 m. Mary Ann Murphy, came from Nelson Co. KY., settled in Owen Co.IN., living in Wayne & Harrison Twps. McKinney's name has been spelled McKenzie, McKinza etc., he was in the War of 1812." Joseph Betts (Source: Pension R 806 NJ - Pension List p. 406) "Water Patriotist in Indiana - Supplement Sec I, p 12.) Also served in Indian Wars and War of 1812. May/may not be buried in Montgomery County, Indiana." [Data Courtesy of Dorothy Q Chapter NSDAR http://nerowolf.org/dar/DorothyQ/] James Gregory (Source: HW Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, Indiana, p 518) "James Gregory, b. 1788, was in War of 1812 d. April 1869" Alexander Weir (Source: microfilm # 873781 - title: Cemetery records of Indiana-V 1-6 (Montgomery co in on V.2) copied and typed by the LDS Church in Indiana, filmed by the Genealogy Society of Utah, 1972.: FHL US, MICHAEL Cemetery, Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana)"Weir, Alexander, War of 1812 Listed in American Legion "List of Soldiers Dead"" [NOTE : All these stones, except that of the Soldier, were laid flat by Highway workers in order to mow; there are probably more stones under the thick sod which we were unable to find.] Brent James (Source: DAR Transcripts, Burial Records, Alamo Cemetery, Montgomery County, Indiana)"Brent James, 3rd Ky Mil War of 1812 (CDPL Record) Book 5 - page 101 (DAR #)1-66" Old Union Cemetery, Brown Township, Montgomery County, Indiana CARNINE, Ralph - Vet of War of 1812, d. 9-27-1879 89Y 9M 24D [Note: could be Ralph Canine] Jarvis Cemetery (also known as Smith), Brown Township, Montgomery County, Indiana SMITH, Benjamin (War of 1812) d. 8-18-1870 77Y E. R. Lewis, MD Civil War Rank: Capt. Civil War Regiment: 21st Mass. Schools attended: Harvard, A. B. Amherst, A. M.(Harvard University-1 / 2) Year Medical Grad or Attendance: 1867, 1861, 1864 County: Marion (Indianapolis) Med. Reg./Exam.: 7.20.97 Sources: Physicians Directory of Kentucky and Indiana 1893 / Indiana State Board of Health 1890 EDWIN R. Lewis, A. M., M. D. Dr. Lewis was born at Madison, Ind., April 2, 1839, being the son of James and Sophronia (West) Lewis, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Massachusetts. The paternal grandfather settled in Madison, Ind., in the year 1818, being one of the pioneers of the place, and he was previously a soldier in the War of 1812. Memoirs of Indy and Marion County, p 209-210 Record# 71890 in database 19th Indiana Century Physicians Source: 19th Century Database of Indiana Physicians Rev. Jesse J. GOBEN Montgomery County, Indiana Portrait & Biographical Record of Parke, Montgomery & Fountain County, Indiana Chapman Bros: 1893 p 345 Rev. Jesse J. GOBEN, "My earliest recollection was the War of 1812 when the volunteers were called for and who in 3 months destroyed many Indian villages and their corn and thus secured immunity from them."   Maxwell McCULLOUGH Montgomery County, Indiana 1881 Montgomery County In History of H. W. Beckwith, p 166 (Chicago: HH Hill) Maxwell McCULLOUGH, farmer, Crawfordsville, was born in Jefferson Co, Indiana April 6, 1818 and is the son of James B. and Margaret McCullough. His father was b. in NC his mother in KY. His father was in the War of 1812, a member of the Christian Church and first a republican and then a Whig. Jere Redenbaugh H.W. Beckwith History, Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 376 Jere REDENBAUGH, farmer, New Ross, was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, May 25, 1824. His father, Henry Redenbaugh, was born in Ohio, and his mother Mary (DOUGLAS) Redenbaugh, was born in England, near London, and came to America in 1800 with her parents. ... Mr. Redenbaugh's father and brother were under Harrison in the War of 1812, and his brother George is now a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, and is eighty-seven years old. ... Thomas H. Winton H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 243 Thomas H. Winton, painter, Crawfordsville, was born in Butler County, Ohio, February 4, 1822. His father, Robert Winton, was a captain under Gen. Harrison in the War of 1812. He entered land in this County in 1822, and settled here with his family in 1828. ... Jonathan WINTER H. W. Beckwith, 1881 History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: Beers) p 245 Jonathan WINTER, ...was marr. to Miss Mary AIRHART who was b. Jan 14, 1820 in Va, and is a firm member of the Methodist Church. Her father, Peter Airhart, a Vet. of the War of 1812, was one of the pioneers of this County, and an exemplary man. Elizabeth Ann Wilson Hutchinson Leader, 1901 Hutchinson's Oldest Inhabitant, Elizabeth Ann Wilson, a lady nearly a century old, who is a Great Great Grandmother and a Pensioner of the War of 1812 was connected by marriage with Daniel Boone - is yet in full possession of her faculties and in remarkably good health. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/a/adams-harvey.htm Harvey Adams Portrait and Biographical Record of Fountain, Montgomery & Parke Counties, 1893, Chapman Brothers. Harvey Adams. ... The father of our subject, Philip Adams, was born in Virginia, where he was reared to manhood. His father came from England to America in an Ohio, prior to the *War Of 1812*, in which he took an active part. He settled in Ross County, near Chillicothe, and engaged in farming and raising of stock. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/a/alexander-joseph.htm JOSEPH ALEXANDER H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 499 ... His son John Alexander emigrated in 1828 to Montgomery county, and entered 160 acres of land in Coal Creek township. He was born in Pennsylvania October 31, 1794, moved with his parents to Ohio. He was there married to Sarah Hatton , and came to Indiana bringing six children: Francis H., James H., William H., Louisa J., Frances M. and Elizabeth S. (twins). He built a log cabin, then the house that still stands, and otherwise improved his land. He was a whig and warm republican. He enlisted in the War of 1812, but was in no engagement. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/a/ambrose-lewis-c.htm Lewis C. Ambrose ... His grandfather, Perkins and his wife's grandfather, Alexander Duncan served in the *War Of 1812*.... Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Vol. II (New York: H. H. Hardesty, 1896), pp. 1183-84. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/b/bratton-orpheus-w.htm Orpheus W. BRATTON AW Bowen History of Montgomery County, Indiana (1913) p 1112 ...Orpheus W. BRATTON was born on June 18, 1862 NW of Mace, in Union Township, this county. He is a son of Charles L. and Catherine DICE Bratton....His father was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*, and both his grandfathers were in the Revolutionary War. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/b/burbridge-morgan.htm Morgan BURBRIDGE Crawfordsville Argus News 12-24-1887 p2 c 5 ... Mr. Burbridge married Isabella Steele (1803-1847). As a volunteer in a company of Ky. mounted riflemen the young husband and father served in the *War Of 1812* as, reportedly, did 3 of his brothers. ... Crawfordsville Weekly Review Jan 19, 1867 Death of William Burbridge, Sen. ...In the *War Of 1812* he served as a volunteer in a regiment of Ky. mounted riflemen and was honorably discharged at the close of the war... Crawfordsville Evening Journal 5-19-1883 William BURBRIDGE .... He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. WILSON (GWYN) Cemetery Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana BURBRIDGE, Margaret wife of Wm. 9-25-1794 9-2-1832 37Y 11M 7D Margaret, daughter of Wm &Margaret 9-1-1832 8Y 10M 7D Isabella wife of Wm b. Woodford Co., Ky 7- ? -1803 4-10-1847 Mary Ann daughter of Wm &Margaret 9-5-1832 11Y 6M 17D http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/catterson-robert.htm Robert CATTERSON Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, p 567) ... When not engaged in teaching he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He served for six months in the *War Of 1812*, fighting under General Jackson.... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/chambers-w-w.htm W. W. Chambers Saturday, April 9, 1932 ... Mrs. Chambers who was Miss Candace McKinsey, was born at Alamo, the daughter of David and Rachel Bryant McKinsey. Her father was a veteran of the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/clore-henry-h.htm Henry H. Clore Montgomery County, Indiana Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana (Chapman Brothers, 1893) p 555 ... His parents are Howard and Margaret Deer Clore, the former born in Boone County, Kentucky in 1819. Grandfather, Israel Clore was of German descent. The two brothers of his wife served in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/clough-abram.htm H. W. Beckwith Montgomery Co Indiana History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1880) p 513 Abram Clough, Boston Store, was born March 23, 1805, in Kentucky, and is a son of Thomas and Catharine (Thomas) Clough. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother was a Kentuckian. Thomas served in the *War Of 1812*, and Abram Thomas was in the war of the revolution. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/clouser-ira.htm Ira Clouser A.W. Bowen History of Montgomery County, Indiana p 944 - Ira Clouser ... He is a son of John and Margaret Orick Clouser, the former born in 1777 in Pennsylvania, from which state he moved to Ohio soon after the close of the *War Of 1812*, in which he served.  He remained in Ohio until 1822 when he moved to Indiana, when Daniel Clouser was 5 years old, and here John spent the rest of his life, dying in 1868. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/cope-mrs-frances-c.htm H. W. Beckwith Montgomery Co Indiana History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 161 Mrs. Francis C. COPE was born in Cumberland County, PA Jan 19, 1811. Her mother and father were members of the United Brethren Church, and he was in the *War Of 1812*. In 1817, they moved to Montgomery Co, Ohio. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/corn-george-w.htm 1913 AW Bowen Montgomery Co IN p 928 George W. Corn ... The paternal grandfather, George Corn, was a native of Germany, from which country he emigrated to the U.S. when young and settled in the wilds of Ky, from which state he enlisted for service in the *War Of 1812*, in which he fought as a private. Of the 12 children of Williams Corn and wife, George W, our subject is the only one living at this writing. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/cramer-henry-t.htm Henry T. Cramer Henry T. Cramer: Was born in Boone county, Ind., March 3, 1849, and was a son of Moses and Jane (Anderson) Cramer, both deceased. ... His great-grandfather served in the Revolutionary War and his grandfather was in the *War Of 1812*; he had six brothers in the late war: Jesse in 63d Ind. V.I., Robert in 86th Ind. V.I. was killed at Stone River, John in Co. G, 11th Ind. V.I., died during service February 1863, at St. Louis, James in Co. G, 11th Ind. V.I., Isaac in 11th Ind. V.I., and F. M. in 86th Ind. V. I. died at Stone River. His wife had three brothers in the army, Wm. was wounded at Mill Springs, John W., and George W., who was killed before Atlanta, all members of Co. I, 10th Ind. V.I. Comrade Cramer is a charter member of Waynetown Post, 345, he is a salesman and his residence is at Waynetown, Ind. (Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Vol. II (New York: H. H. Hardesty, 1896), p. 1191). http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/c/currie-john-h.htm John H. Currie Atlas of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: Beers, 1878) p 51 Currie, John H, MD; PO Darlington; Physician; was b. in Montgomery Co IN 1828. H. W. Beckwith HIstory, Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 541 ... Grandfather Currie served in the revolutionary war, his commission as chaplain being now in the possession of Mr. Charles W. McClure. His father served, during the *War Of 1812*, under Gen. Harrison, his uncle having also served as sergeant under Zach. Taylor. ... H.W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 300 Dr. Joseph R. Duncan, Crawfordsville, was born March 21, 1827, in Highland County, Ohio, and is the son of Alexander and Susan (Robb) Duncan. His father came with parents to America, and settled on a farm in Pennsylvania, when he was eleven years of age. Alexander afterward moved to Ohio, where he died July 12, 1861, in Highland County, at the age of eighty-one years. He fought in the *War Of 1812*, voted the democratic ticket till his later years, when he supported the republican party. His wife, Susan, was born in Kentucky, and with him was a member of the Method­ist Church for many years. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/green-samuel-john.htm Samuel John GREEN, M.D. H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 598 Samuel John GREEN, M.D., the oldest physician in Wayne township, was born in Washington County, New York, January 4, 1817, and is the son of Thomas and Sarah Green, both natives of New York. Thomas Green was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in politics a whig, and was in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/hogsett-john-w.htm Dr. John W. HOGSETT John W. HOGSETT, physician, Mace, was born November 8, 1835, in Augusta County, Virginia, and is a son of John and Polly Hogsett, both natives of the same County. His father was captain in the home militia, and fought in the *War Of 1812*. He died in 1857, quite aged. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/lewis-e-r.htm E. R. Lewis, MD. Civil War Rank: Capt. Civil War Regiment: 21st Mass. Schools attended: Harvard, A. B. Amherst, A. M.(Harvard University-1 / 2) Year Medical Grad or Attendance: 1867, 1861, 1864 County: Marion (Indianapolis) Med. Reg./Exam.: 7.20.97 Sources: Physicians Directory of Kentucky and Indiana 1893 / Indiana State Board of Health 1890 ... Dr. Lewis was born at Madison, Ind., April 2, 1839, being the son of James and Sophronia (West) Lewis, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Massachusetts. The paternal grandfather settled in Madison, Ind., in the year 1818, being one of the pioneers of the place, and he was previously a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. The maternal grandfather of our subject was in the navy in the *War Of 1812*, and his great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Thus it will be seen that the blood of loyalty and patriotism pervades the veins of Dr. Lewis. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/manners-george.htm Dr. George Manners H.W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 498 Dr. George Manners, New Richmond, was born January 29, 1816, in Mercer county, Kentucky, and is the son of James and Lettice (Hight) Manners, both natives of Kentucky. His parents emigrated to Monroe county, Indiana, then to Putnam county, and finally to Montgomery county, in Clark township. She died February 3, 1870, in her seventy-third year, and he died March 19, 1871, in his seventy-eighth year. Both were members of the Methodist church. He was a whig and strong republican, and was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/phillips-cornelius-a.htm Dr. Cornelius A. Phillips H.W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 516 Cornelius A. Phillips, physician, Pleasant Hill, was born August 11, 1838, in Adkin County, North Carolina, and is a son of James and Margaret (Vanterpool) Phillips. His parents were natives of North Carolina, and moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where they resided ten or twelve years, then made their home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he died in 1878, aged sixty-five years, and she in 1856, aged forty-one years. Both were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. The fathers of both were in the *War Of 1812* and lived to be over one hundred years old. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/rogers-henry-c.htm HENRY C. ROGERS, M. D. Portrait and Biographical Record pp 439-440 ... Mr. Rogers was in Dudley's defeat, on the River Thames, in the *War Of 1812* fighting with the Kentucky troops. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/doctors/steele-armstrong-t.htm Armstrong Steele was born in Owen County, Indiana in 1834 and received his education at Greencastle. He came to Waveland and studied medicine under Samuel G. McNutt. In 1857, he graduated from the University of Louisville, Kentucky and then began his practice at Waveland. He was at one time president of the Montgomery County Medical Society. He died in 1884. He and his wife Sarah (Young?) had William, Mary, Anna, and Harriet. H. W. Beckwith (Chicago: HH Hill) History of Montgomery County, 1881 p 359 A.T. STEELE, physician and surgeon, Waveland, was b. in Owen Co IN 1834. ... His father was among the early settlers of Vincennes Indiana where he came to from Ky in 1800. He was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*, having formerly served as Lt. in the Indian War. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/d/deer-joel.htm Joel Deer (1789-1861) & Sarah Garnet (1792-1841) by Gregg Branum ... Joel Garnett Deer, veteran of the *War Of 1812*, and early pioneer, died August 18, 1861 at the age of 72 (just as the US Civil War was heating up). He was buried, as are so many members of the Deer, Mitchell, and Todd families, in Old Union Cemetery, a few miles north of Waveland, Indiana. Next to him is his first wife, the mother of his children, Sarah Garnet Deer. Joel Deer's name is inscribed on a monument dedicated to war veterans at the entrance to the old Cemetery.... Waveland Independent, Feb. 13, 1903 Joel Garnett Deere Joel Garnett Deere passed away between four and five o'clock Monday afternoon at the family residence 4 mi. north of Waveland and near Bluff Mills. ... Mr. Deere was of German descent. The grandfather to the country about the close of the 18th century, settling in Va. His father entered the *War Of 1812* at the age of 22. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/d/deere-joel.htm Joel Deere, Sr. Family Histories of Montgomery County, Indiana 1823-1988 p 138 Joel Deer (sic) Sr. founder of Deers Mill was born Feb 7, 1789 in Culpepper Co Va. When he was 22 years old he enlisted in the Army for the *War Of 1812*. He married Sarah Garnet May 15, 1817; she was b. July 18, 1792. After they were married they moved to Boone Co Ky. 5 ch. were b. to this marr: Samantha; Sophia; John; Edmond; Joel G. When Joel G. was six months old his parents migrated to Montgomery County ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/d/denman-william-l.htm William L. DENMAN Weik, Jesse William. Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1910, p 272 ... He had the distinction of serving in the *War Of 1812*. His death occurred about 1870 at age 85. he married Polly Ann Hicks of GA and they reared a large family. William L. Denman remained in Alamo until he was 30 years of age and there received his primary education, later attending the State Normal School at Terre Haute. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/d/dice-christopher.htm Christopher Dice H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) CHRISTOPHER DICE, a successful and influential farmer, resides about three and a half miles from Crawfordsville, on the Indianapolis gravel road. He was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, January 22, 1828. His father, David Dice, settled in this County in 1835 and died in 1843. He was in the *War Of 1812*... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/d/dooley-marcus-a.htm Marcus A. DOOLEY Marcus A. DOOLEY, farmer and stock shipper, Waveland, is the son of Martin L. and Sarah (BLOOMFIELD) Dooley, now living on Sec. 5 in Greene Twp. Marcus A. was born in 1837 and is a native of Parke Co. He was married in 1860 to Liddy RUSK, daughter of William and Elizabeth YOUTCHLER Rusk, both of whom were natives of Va. and emigrated to Clark Co IL in 1855, from Ohio where they resided the remainder of their lives; the former died in 1860, the latter in 1862. William Rusk was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. March A. has, by this marriage 7 children: Franklin, Jerome, Clara B, Willie, Eva, Georgia and Celia.... (The 1880 History of Parke County, Indiana. JH Beadle. Chicago: HH Hill) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/d/dunn-james-e.htm James E. Dunn DUNN, James E., farmer and stock raiser, Crawfordsville, was b. May 7, 1817 in Madison Co, Ky on a farm 10 mi. so. of Richmond. His father, Nathaniel A, was b. near Danville, Ky Feb 27, 1790. At the age of 16, he learned the tanner's trade with Alexander LOGAN in Lexington, Ky where he remained four years. He then volunteered as a ranger in the *War Of 1812*, under his brother, Capt. Williamson Dunn. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/f/fullinwider-david.htm David Fullinwider Portrait & Biographical record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Co IN Chapman Brothers David Fullinwider, who was one of the most prominent farmers of Parke County, now resides on Section 4, Greene Township ... In Shelby County, Kentucky, Mr. Fullinwider's birth occurred on October 15, 1814. He was a son of Jacob Fullinwider, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Rev. Peter Fullinwider, a preacher of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, who came to this country form Switzerland ... Our subject's father was born in 1765, removed to Kentucky about the year 1796, and was married two years later, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Catherine Winter. Returning to Shelby County, Kentucky, where they were among the earliest settlers for a number of years, he and his family were obliged to make their place of abode for two years in a blockhouse or fortress. During the *War Of 1812* he served under Anthony Wayne in the Northwest, and in the frontier campaign he took part in the battles of River Raisin and Tippecanoe. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/g/gilkey-daniel.htm Daniel GILKEY Daniel GILKEY was b. May 9, 1805 in Butler Co OH. His parents, Robert and Sally (KERCHEVAL) Gilkey, came to Montgomery Co. in 1826 and settled in Ripley Twp. Robert G. was a native of NC, fought in the *War Of 1812*, was a whig in politics and a farmer by occupation. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/g/green-samuel-john.htm Samuel John GREEN, M.D. H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 598 Samuel John GREEN, M.D., the oldest physician in Wayne township, was born in Washington County, New York, January 4, 1817, and is the son of Thomas and Sarah Green, both natives of New York. Thomas Green was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in politics a whig, and was in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/hall-bainbridge.htm Bainbridge HALL H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 381 Bainbridge HALL was a distant relative of Commodore Bainbridge, after whom he was named. He served under Jackson at New Orleans and in the *War Of 1812*. He married Polly NICHOLS. Both were natives of Virginia and in early times went to Kentucky. There the slavery spirit became bitterly odious to Mr. Hall, and he sought a home in Indiana. ... Finally he moved his family in 1831, and settled on a part of Sec. 16, T. 17, R. 3 W., or what is Brown township, on which he took a lease. In 1834 he entered 80 acres in Sec. 15, and soon added a few acres more. ... He and wife were members of the Regular Baptist Church. Mr. Hall died September 6, 1855, and was followed fifteen days later by his helpmate of so many years. Their family numbered ten children: Anderson, who died December 14, 1876; Elizabeth and H. H., now of Walnut township; Sarah, now Mrs. Harris, of Nebraska; John R., of Union township; William B., of Clinton, Illinois; Francis, who died at the age of twenty-five years; Benjamin, who died at the age of twenty-three years; Y. P., of Brown township; Samuel Q., of Walnut township, and Mary E., dead. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/harrison-james-h.htm Honorab1e James H. HARRISON H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 380 Honorab1e James H. HARRISON, ... He had fought in the War Of 1812-15, and represented the County in 1840 in the legislature. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/heath-abram.htm Abram HEATH H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p. 592 Abram HEATH is the oldest living male settler in Wayne township, and his sister, Mrs. RUSK, in Waynetown, is the oldest female settler living in the township. They came with their parents to this township August 17, 1823, from Butler County, Ohio. Abram Heath was born June 11, 1820, in Brown County, Ohio, and is the son of William and Rachel Heath. The latter was born in 1790, and died in 1868, and was member of the Methodist Church. William Heath was born in Maryland in 1794, and died in 1874. He was in the *War Of 1812*, was probate judge of this County for several years, a member of the Christian Union Church, and in politics democratic, voting first for "Old Hickory." ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/hills-darwin-f.htm Darwin F. Hills H. W. Beckwith, 1881 History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: Beers) p 264 HILLS, Darwin F., wool manufacturer, Crawfordsville, was b. in Hartford, Conn. Dec 6, 1806. His father, James H. Hills, was a successful physician. He wanted to go to the *War Of 1812*, but his fellow citizens petitioned him to remain at home, because his medical services were needed, but Gen. Hull, the patriot and coward, surrendered, the Dr. could stay at home no longer so he went to the army. ... He was first a whig, is now a republican and has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church 35 years. Mr. H. was marr. Nov 1828, to Sarah ANDERSON, who was b. Jan 1, 1804 and is a member of the Presby. Church. They have 8 children living: Edwin H Darwin F Henry H Richard M Oscar A David A Francis E. and Beulah I. The latter is a grad. of Glendale Seminary and has taught school 2 years. Oscar grad. in the classical course of Wabash College and from Alleghany Seminary, Pa where he is now preaching in the Old South Church. David and Francis enlisted in 1861 in Co. I, 11th Ind Vols of which David was made Capt. They served to the close of the war, and were in many battles and did good service for the Union. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/hogsett-john-w.htm Dr. John W. HOGSETT John W. HOGSETT, physician, Mace, was born November 8, 1835, in Augusta County, Virginia, and is a son of John and Polly Hogsett, both natives of the same County. His father was captain in the home militia, and fought in the *War Of 1812*. He died in 1857, quite aged. The mother of the doctor was an estimable lady, and, with her husband, was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She is now living in Monroe County, Virginia. Mr. Hogsett lived with his parents, in Monroe County, Virginia, from two years old till eighteen, when he left home to do for himself. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/holbrook-abel-s.htm H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 298 Abel S. Holbrook Abel S. Holbrook, shoemaker, Crawfordsville, was born June 14, 1821, in Braintree, Massachusetts, and is a son of William and Rhoda Stetson Holbrook, both natives of the same state. William Holbrook was a manufacturer, but failing in business he then worked in leather. He was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*, and his father was a lieutenant in the revolution. Mrs. Rhoda Holbrook was a member of Dr. R.S. Storr's Church, at Braintree. She died in 1866, and he in 1871, in their native state. He had been a strong northern democrat. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/hunt-wilson.htm Wilson Hunt H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 439 HUNT, Wilson, farmer and stock raiser, Darlington, was b. in Ohio in 1837. His parents were Charles and Mary Hunt. The former was b. in NJ the latter a native of PA. Mr. Hunt's father first emigrated to Pa where he was married then to Ohio, Marion County, in 1801 and then to Montgomery County [Indiana]. The subject of this memoir was marr. in 1853 to Mary E. HUSTED, daughter of John Husted, by whom he has six children: Jane C; William W; Charles N; Henry N; Eleanor and Bruce. ... Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties. IN. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p. 145. WILSON HUNT ... In 1854 our subject was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Husted, daughter of John and Abbie (Dubois) Husted. John Husted, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Wilson Hunt, was born in Sweden; his wife, Nancy Husted, was  native of Ireland; the parents of Mrs. Hunt, however, were of American birth, both being natives of New Jersey, where they were reared, educated and married. Her father was born in 1795, and when only seventeen years of age served as a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. He married early in life, and settled in the southern part of Union County, Ind., where he resided until 1890, when at the extreme old age of ninety-five years he passed away, rich in the experience of a wonderful and progressive century. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/h/hutton-samuel-m.htm Samuel M. Hutton H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881 Samuel M. Hutton, farmer, Crawfordsville, was born near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, October 23, 1821. At an early age he moved with his parents to Green County, Ohio, and lived there three years, and in 1836 settled on Sec. 28 in Union township. They came in a four-horse wagon, over muddy roads, rough hills, and through the woody wilderness, being twenty-one days on the road. His father's name was William, and he was born in 1777, and died in 1837. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a Jackson democrat, and was in the *War Of 1812*. His mother's name was Mary. She was born in 1790, and died in 1846. Mr. Hutton's grandfather, William Hutton, was in the revolutionary war. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/j/jackman-willis.htm H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881 Willis Jackman Willis Jackman, farmer and stock raiser, Crawfordsville, was born in Union township February 12, 1836. His father, James A. Jackman, settled in this County about 1830. He was a millwright, and built about all the wooden mills on Sugar Creek. He learned his trade in Pennsylvania and then immigrated to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he traded for four acres of land, which is now the central portion of the city. It was afterward sold for taxes, together with two or three dwellings that had been erected upon it. He was born September l, 1794, and departed this life February 21, 1878. He was a gallant soldier in the *War Of 1812*, and a man of firmness and positive convictions. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/j/jessee-james-b.htm H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 364 James B. Jesse Up to 1829 all the settlement seems to have been in the northwest especially, and the northeast parts of the township (Walnut). In 1829 the stage of action enlarges southward, and history chronicles the arrival of Wilson Browning and wife, and James B. Jesse, wife and babe. ... H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 379 James B. JESSEE James B. JESSEE, farmer (retired), New Ross, was born in Russell County, Virginia, October 13, 1803, and was the son of Archie and Nancy (BROWNING) Jessee, both natives of Old Virginia. James studied his books but forty or fifty days, his education being derived by looking over the shoulders of others, and gathering from observation. He adapted himself to any trade, now farming, then carpentering or blacksmithing, or sat on the bench of a shoemaker. Mr. Jessee was married in September 1827, to Nancy CANDLER, daughter of Squire John Candler, of Virginia. She was born in April 1808. ... His memory is still fresh, and he remembers well the *War Of 1812*, in which his father was Captain of a light horse company. His father was a1so a member of the Virginia legislature for twelve or fifteen years, and his grandfathers Jessee and Browning were in the revolution, the latter having been a captain and having lived to be 102 years of age. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/j/johnson-hale.htm Hale Johnson Johnson, Hale (1847-1902) of Newton, Jasper County, Ill. Born in Montgomery County, Ind., August 21, 1847. Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1896. Died in 1902. Burial location- Newton, Jasper County, Illinois. (Haynes, Nathaniel S., History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Pages 544 - 545) Online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan. Born: Montgomery County, Indiana, 1847. Died: Illinois, 1902. Mr. Johnson's father, Dr. John B. Johnson, served as assistant surgeon during the Civil War. His grandfather was a Baptist minister who was a chaplain in the *War Of 1812*. Hale Johnson inherited the fighting blood of his ancestors. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in Company D, 135th Indiana Infantry. He, with his father's family, came to Illinois in 1865. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/j/johnson-james-g.htm James G. Johnson H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill), 1881, p. 392 James G. JOHNSON, merchant, Mace, was born September 1, 1837, in Butler County, Ohio, and is the son of Jesse R. and Mary (WHEAT) Johnson. Jesse Johnson was a native of Butler County, Ohio, and a farmer and butcher, and kept hotel, etc. ... His wife, Mary (Wheat) Johnson, was a native of the island of Mackinaw, and now lives in Hendricks County. Her grandfather Wheat,  and also Mr. Johnson's grandfather, were in the *War Of 1812* and were wounded. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/j/johnson-james-grant.htm 1878 Montgomery County, Indiana Atlas (Chicago: JH Beers, p 55) James Grant Johnson JOHNSON, James Grant, PO Mace; Merchant; son of Jesse R & Mary WHEAT Johnson, was b. in Butler Co OH Sept 1, 1837 settled on Sec 15, Walnut Twp with his parents March 8, 1855. Marr. Mary J. LOOP, June 1, 1858. Two children: Ida E and William O. Mr. J. was a member of the Legislature during the regular and special sessions of 1869. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/k/kendall-george-w.htm George W. KENDALL 1881 Montgomery County In History of H. W. Beckwith, p 437 (Chicago: HH Hill) George W. KENDALL, farmer, Bowers, came to Sugar Creek Twp. in 1831 with his parents, Rolley and Elizabeth Kendall; the former was a native of Virginia, the latter of Ky. They settled in Ohio as early as 1814 the year in which George was born, in Champaign County, where they remained till their removal to Montgomery County. George's father died in 1838, aged 49, his mother in 1871, aged 79 years. His grandfather, Jesse Kendall, emigrated from England to Va, and his grandfather, George HENDRIX, was a native of Virginia, his father emigrating to America from Germany, and his paternal great grandmother was native of Scotland. ... He entered the profession of teaching in the common school shortly after he came to Montgomery County, which he followed 20 years, and is the oldest surviving teacher of Sugar Creek Twp. He was marr. in 1851 to Sarah PARISH, daughter of Mitchell J. and Liddy Parish, settlers of Montgomery Co. in 1830. Her father was a native of Va, and served in the war of 1812 ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/l/larsh-toliver.htm Toliver Larsh Crawfordsville Weekly Journal November 17, 1870 ... About the year 1780, Charles Larsh was married to Sarah Swearengen, a lady of German decent. The issue of this marriage was seven sons and four daughters. The youngest of them all was Toliver. Charles Larsh was a farmer by special occupation, but could turn his hand to anything that was honorable. During the *War Of 1812* he was a spy in the service of the United States. All his sons except Toliver, served in the United States army during that struggle. ... At the close of the *War Of 1812*, Toliver removed with his father's family to Preble county, Ohio, where he resided till he was 24 years of age. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/l/lewellen-thomas.htm Thomas Lewellen AW Bowen History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Indianapolis: Bowen, 1913) p 610 One of the leading and influential citizens of Waynetown, Montgomery County, is Thomas Lewellen, a scion of an excellent old family. ... His family consisted of 12 children: namely: John, Mary, Sarah, William, Andrew, all deceased; Candy, Ann Eliza, Thomas, subject of this sketch: Elizabeth, James, Katherine and Harvey. Thomas L. was a grandson of Thomas Lewellen who served in the *War Of 1812*. He d. in 1853. He was a native of Ohio. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/l/lockridge-john-r.htm John W. LOCKRIDGE Montgomery County, Indiana Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana (Chapman Brothers, 1893) p 415 John W. LOCKRIDGE, who has long been prominent in agricultural affairs in Montgomery County, and is one of the oldest citizens residing within its borders, is now living a retired life in one of the pleasant, comfortable homes of the village of Mace. ... He grew to man's estate in his native Virginia and, following in his father's footsteps, became a soldier in his country's service during the *War Of 1812*, belonging to an independent rifle company. He was married in Virginia to Rachel, daughter of David CHAMBERS who was an early settler of Augusta County, that state and was one of the heroes of the Revolution. William Lockridge and his bride began life together in Augusta County, and continued to live there until Sept 13, 1830 when they started on an ever memorable journey through a wild and sparsely settled country for Indiana, arriving at Crawfordsville the 20th of the following October. They entered a quarter section of land in Walnut Twp, and moving upon it the following spring, made it their home until death, Mrs. Lockridge dying in 1842 and he in 1844. ... The following are the children born to him and his wife, of whom four are living: Eliza marr. Jackson Smith and lives in Iowa; Margaret, deceased was the wife of David Reed; Rebecca, deceased was the wife of Samuel Martin; Ellen was the wife of John C. Bowman, of Boone County, Indiana; Isabella was a resident of Iowa; Harry died at the age of 17; John W; James (deceased) and two sons that died in infancy, Robert and William complete the list. ... H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 365 (Walnut Twp) William Lockridge William and Rachel LOCKRIDGE were natives of Augusta Co, Va and were there marr. They emigrated to Indiana in 1830, and settled in Walnut Township. They brought 7 children: Eliza, Harvey, John, James, Isabella, Margaret and Rebecca. After building and clearing about 60 acres, Wm. Lockridge died, July 26, 1846. He had served in the*War Of 1812*, and his father was wounded at the battle of Cowpens, in the revolution. His wife d. about 1843. John Lockridge, son of the above, is one of the best farmers of the present day. Joseph Spohr, Frederic Long, William Brooks, James Bridge, Robert Hamilton, Jere Caldwell, John Smith, Caswell, Mabery, Joshua Evans, James Lee, John Graves, Peter Binford and Hannah Halley made entries. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/l/lyle-william-b.htm William B. LYLE H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery Co IN (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 305 William B. LYLE, a native of Wayne Co IN was b. March 5, 1835. His father, David Lyle, was b. in Va, but early moved westward, first to Oh then in 1828 to Richmond IN. He was a brickmason by trade but in later years followed farming. ... He had been in the *War Of 1812* and had experienced Indian hostilities. He d. in 1850, at the age of 60. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mack-james-b.htm James B. Mack Beckwith, H. W.. History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) James B. Mack, farmer and stock-raiser, Crawfordsville, was born in Butler county, Ohio, December 8, 1819, and is the son of Erastus and Martha Mack. Mr. Mack's grandfather was a drum-major in the revolutionary war. His father, who was a farmer, was in the *War Of 1812*, and was a whig, and died in 1846. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/manners-george.htm Dr. George Manners H.W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 498 Dr. George Manners, New Richmond, was born January 29, 1816, in Mercer county, Kentucky, and is the son of James and Lettice (Hight) Manners, both natives of Kentucky. His parents emigrated to Monroe county, Indiana, then to Putnam county, and finally to Montgomery county, in Clark township. She died February 3, 1870, in her seventy-third year, and he died March 19, 1871, in his seventy-eighth year. ... He was a whig and strong republican, and was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/markley-george-l.htm George L. Markley Atlas of Montgomery County (Chicago: Beers, 1878) MARKLEY, George L, PO Crawfordsville, Blacksmith, is a native of Montgomery co PA settled in this co. 1874. H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery Co IN (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) George L. Markley, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Crawfordsville, was born March 30, 1855, in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and is the son of Abraham and Susan Markley. Both died in 1862 leaving George on the cold charities of the world. He lived with his uncle until sixteen years of age, then served three years' apprentice­ship in the blacksmith shop of his brother-in-law, George W. Nyce, of Towamencin township Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He next engaged in a carriage shop at Lynlexington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and in 1874 came to Crawfordsville ... He was married March 18, 1877, to Eva I. Swift, daughter of A. Swift, of Peru, Indiana. She was born June 15, 1856. Mr. Markley's grandfather Markley fought in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/marts-samuel.htm Samuel MARTS H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 579 Abraham Marts Samuel MARTS, farmer, Darlington. The subject of this sketch was b. in Ohio in 1821, and is the son of Abraham and Cossa Marts, both natives of Pa. The former was in the *War Of 1812* and fought in the siege of Ft. Meigs and d. in 1838 aged 58 and latter d. 1862 aged 60. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mcclure-john.htm John McClure Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith Chicago: HH Hill 1880 p. 517 John McClure was a native of Adams Co Ohio b. 1814. In 1838 he came with his parents, Nathaniel & Mary (Beever) McClure and bro. Matthias, to Montgomery Co In and settled in Pleasant Hill. In 1840 John McClure was marr. to Sarah A. Gregory, daughter of James Gregory, an early settler of Coal Cr. Twp. ... James Gregory was in the *War Of 1812*, under Harrison. He came to Mont. Co in 1830 and settled in Coal Cr Twp, where he entered and bought land to the amount of 540 acres which he deeded to his ch. He d. in April, 1869, aged 81 years. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mccorkle-andrew.htm Andrew C. McCorkle Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1888, p 468. Andrew C. McCorkle, farmer and stock raiser, resides Sec 34, Jackson Township, where he has a well improved farm under fine cultivation. He is a native of Indiana, born in Putnam County Oct 12, 1837 a son of Andrew McCorkle, deceased, who was a native of Fleming Co KY and a grandson of Joseph McCorkle, who was a Virginian by birth and of Scotch descent. The father of our subject was one of the early settlers of Putnam County, settling in Jackson Twp, that county in 1832, where he entered from the Government 120 acres of land and subsequently purchased a tract of 80 acres. He married Mary GOODING, daughter of John Gooding who was of Scotch descent and was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mccullough-maxwell.htm Maxwell McCULLOUGH H. W. Beckwith, History of Montgomery County, In (Chicago: HH Hill)(1881)p 166 Maxwell McCULLOUGH, farmer, Crawfordsville, was born in Jefferson Co, Indiana April 6, 1818 and is the son of James B. and Margaret McCullough. His father was b. in NC his mother in KY. His father was in the *War Of 1812*, ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mckinsey-candace.htm William Chambers, Candace McKinsey Saturday, April 9, 1932 Veedersburg, April 9 ... Miss Candace McKinsey, was born at Alamo, the daughter of David and Rachel Bryant McKinsey. Her father was a veteran of the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mcneil-henry-clay.htm Henry Clay McNeil H. C. McNeil, Northwestern Iowa, Its History and Tradition, Volume II, 1804-1926 Henry Clay McNeil, one of the best known and best liked citizens of Sioux City, where he was actively identified with business interests for more than a half century, was at the time of his death the senior member of the firm of H. C. McNeil & Son, dealers in building supplies at Nos. 308 and 310 Jackson street.  He was in the eighty-seventh year of his age when called to his final rest on the 26th of March, 1924, his birth having occurred October 30, 1837, at Homer, Cortland county, New York ... The parents of Henry C. McNeil, James and Hannah (Billings) NcNeil, were natives of Connecticut and of New York, respectively.  The family comes of Scotch lineage, the emigrant ancestor arriving from Scotland about 1640 and settling in Connecticut.  James McNeil saw service in the  *War Of 1812* and his death occurred in 1866, when he was eighty-seven years of age. ... Transcribed by:Debbie Clough Gerischer, Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/meyers-john-k.htm John K. Meyers H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, IN (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 520 John K. Myers, New Richmond, is a son of John and Ruth (Smart) Myers, the former born in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Kentucky. John, the father of John K., early went to Kentucky, and there married. In 1846 his wife died, and he afterward moved to Missouri, where he died in 1858. Both were members of the Christian church. He served in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/miller-perry-j.htm Perry J. Miller H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 599 Perry J. Miller, retired, Waynetown, was born January 26, 1818, and settled in Wayne township in 1835. He is the son of William and Cassandra Miller, and came here from Kentucky. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and was in the *War Of 1812*. He was taken prisoner and taken to Canad {Canada?}, where he was paroled, and walked back to Pittsburgh barefoot. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/mills-silas-s.htm Silas S. MILLS H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 452 S.S. MILLS, farmer, Ladoga, is probably the oldest b. citizen of Clark Twp now living, where he has resided since his birth, in 1829. He is the son of Lewis D. and Rebecca (FITZPATRICK) Mills. The father was. b. in Fleming Co Ky Dec 7, 1791 and was marr. Aug 6, 1812. His mother was b. March 10, 1794. In 1827 they came to Mont Co In and settled in Clark Twp near Ladoga.. They both d. in this county, the father Dec 19, 1847, the mother July 22, 1843. The father served in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/moore-f-j.htm F. J. Moore H. W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 592 F. J. Moore, farmer, Waynetown, is the oldest native of the township, if not of the county. He was born in Wayne township April 25, 1825, and is the son of Philip and Mary (BLACKFORD) Moore. His mother was a member of the Baptist church, and died about 1853. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, came from there to Butler county, Ohio, settled in Wayne township in 1824, and died in 1872. He was in the *War Of 1812* ... Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke, and Fountain Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893. F. J. MOORE, a farmer, residing on Section 8, Wayne Township, claims the distinction of being the first white child born in this part of Montgomery County. His father, Philip MOORE, was a worthy descendant of the MOORE family of Kentucky. He was born in Pennsylvania, where he spent the early part of his life, enlisting from that state as a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/m/myers-john.htm John K. Myers H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, IN (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 520 John K. Myers, New Richmond, is a son of John and Ruth (Smart) Myers, the former born in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Kentucky. John, the father of John K., early went to Kentucky, and there married. In 1846 his wife died, and he afterward moved to Missouri, where he died in 1858. ... He served in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/n/nicholson-david-d.htm Hon. David D. Nicholson Portrait and Biographical Record pp 437-438 HON. DAVID D. NICHOLSON. ... Mr. Nicholson was born December 1, 1811, in Jessamine County, Ky., but his life has been passed in this state since he was four months old, his age when his parents came hither to found a pioneer home in the wilderness. His father was Benjamin Nicholson, a Virginian by birth and a Kentuckian by breeding, as he was but a small boy when his parents settled in Woodford County, Ky., of which they were among the earliest pioneers. When Benjamin was a young man his father removed with his family to Jessamine County, in the same state, and there he was married to Miss Jemima Starr, who was the daughter of a German who died in coming across the ocean to this country. Mr. Nicholson continued to live in Jessamine County some two or three years after marriage, and then migrated to this state in the spring of 1812. He became one of the first pioneers of Washington County, and during the exciting times of the *War Of 1812* he and his family lived in a fort for two years. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/o/ogle-thomas-j.htm Thomas J. Ogle Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 469 Thomas J. Ogle, Pleasant Hill, was born September 4, 1830, in Richland township, Fountain County, Indiana. His father was born May 15, 1781, in Maryland, and his mother was born in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1788. Both moved with their parents to Ohio, and were there married. He started for the *War Of 1812*, but on account of ill health was sent home. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/o/oliver-david-t.htm David T. Oliver Portrait and Biographical Record pp451-452 DAVID T. OLIVER, a business man of wide experience, and an influential and esteemed citizen of Yeddo, is one of the leading merchants of this part of Fountain County. He comes of one of the earliest pioneer families of this section, and was born on his father's old homestead in Richland Township, November 22, 1837. He is a son of John L. Oliver, who was born in North Carolina. His father's father was a Quaker, who came to this country with William Penn. The father of John L. was Ahijah Oliver. John Oliver grew to maturity in the state of his nativity, and during the *War Of 1812* was a soldier under Gen. Jackson. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/o/oppy-family.htm OPPY Family Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Coal Creek Township) (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) The Oppys. David and Elizabeth (Edwards) Oppy were natives of Virginia, and moved when young to Ohio. David's father died in the revolutionary war, and David sent a substitute to the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/p/payton-john-jackson.htm John Jackson Payton From the Crawfordsville Public Library's Family Files NOTE: This was copied from journal found in Payton family records. John Jackson Payton was born in Shelby Co., Ky. On Feb. 8, 1805. Note: Jackson and Mary were born near Peytonia, Ky. The town was named after Peytonia, Scotland (Europe). Ancestors came from Scotland and settled in Va., first and then moved on to Ky. Mary Kiphart was born in Shelby Co., Ky. On March 10, 1810. They were married in October 1828 ... Mary Kiphart Payton's father fought with Wm. Henry Harrison in *War Of 1812* up the Wabash River to Battleground at Lafayette. When he came back to Ky. He told them what a great state Central Indiana would be. (George) Kiphart was a vol. 8th May 1813 Henry Co., Ky. Discharged 20th Oct. 1813. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/p/phillips-cornelius-a.htm Dr. Cornelius A. Phillips H.W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 516 Cornelius A. Phillips, physician, Pleasant Hill, was born August 11, 1838, in Adkin County, North Carolina, and is a son of James and Margaret (Vanterpool) Phillips. His parents were natives of North Carolina, and moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where they resided ten or twelve years, then made their home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he died in 1878, aged sixty-five years, and she in 1856, aged forty-one years. ... The fathers of both were in the *War Of 1812* and lived to be over one hundred years old. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/p/phillips-william-o.htm William O. PHILLIPS William O. PHILLIPS, farmer, Judson, was born in Ohio in 1819 and is the son of Andrew and Elizabeth BARR Phillips.  His father was a native of Ireland and emigrated to America with his parents when 3 years old and settled in Pa.  He served as a soldier in the *War Of 1812*, and fought in the battles of Chippeway and Lundy's Lane. When the war was over he went to Steubenville, Ohio, where he was marr and came to IN in 1829, remaining 4 years and returned to Ohio where he died. ... (Taken from: The 1880 History of Parke County, Indiana.  JH Beadle.   Chicago: HH Hill) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/p/pierce-calaway.htm CALAWAY PIERCE Delaware County, Indiana, Originally Published in 1894, by A. W. Bowen & Co., Chicago CALAWAY PIERCE, a retired farmer of Daleville, Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana, was born in Montgomery County, in what is now West Virginia, September 26, 1822, and is a son of Thomas and Susanna (Thompson) Pierce, natives of the same state. They were married in West Virginia (then a portion of Old Virginia), in 1818, ... Thomas Pierce, their son, ran away from home at the age of sixteen years and enlisted in the *War Of 1812*, in which he served with two brothers, and after the close of the conflict he secured warrants for one hundred and sixty acres of land. At the time of his marriage he located in Montgomery County, Virginia, but in 1827 removed to Miami County, Ohio, and in 1832 came to Indiana. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/p/pierce-william-b.htm William B. Pierce History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by Frank D. Hambaugh Originally Published in 1924, by Historical Publishing Co., Indianapolis William B. Pierce ... Mr. Pierce was born on a farm in the Cross Roads neighborhood in Salem township, June 9, 1861, and is a son of Calaway and Ruanna (Goodpasture) Pierce; the latter of whom was born in Warren County, Ohio, a daughter of Solomon and Sally Goodpasture, and died at her home in this county in 1879. The late Calaway Pierce, who lived to be ninety-five years of age, was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, September 17, 1822, and was a son of Thomas and Susanna (Thompson) Pierce, both also native Virginians, the latter a daughter of John Thompson, a native of Scotland. Thomas Pierce, who was a soldier of the *War Of 1812*, was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1796, a son of Richard and Peggy (Knight) Pierce, who had come to this country in colonial days from England and the former of whom had served the colonists as a soldier of the Revolution. Though but sixteen years of age when the *War Of 1812* came on, Thomas Pierce succeeded in enlisting his services in behalf of the army in that struggle, and for this service received from the government a land warrant. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/p/pulliam-harmon-a.htm Biographies- Montgomery County Harman A. Pulliam Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana, p 221 - (Chapman Brothers, 1893) Harman A. Pulliam is one of the honored early settlers of Green Township, Parke County, having purchased the place which he still owns Nov 8, 1849. ... Harman Pulliam, Sr. was a farmer by occupation and in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/r/redenbaugh-jere.htm Jere Redenbaugh H.W. Beckwith History, Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 376 Jere REDENBAUGH, farmer, New Ross, was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, May 25, 1824. His father, Henry Redenbaugh, was born in Ohio, and his mother Mary (DOUGLAS) Redenbaugh, was born in England, near London, and came to America in 1800 with her parents. They moved from Ohio to Jefferson County, Indiana, and in 1827 came to Montgomery County, bringing three children: Alonzo J., Jere, and Mary. ... Mr. Redenbaugh's father and brother were under Harrison in the *War Of 1812*, and his brother George is now a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, and is eighty-seven years old. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/r/redenbaugh-jeremiah.htm Jeremiah Redenbaugh Portrait and Biographical Record pp 445-446 Jeremiah Redenbaugh JEREMIAH REDENBAUGH is a retired farmer, living just outside the city limits of Crawfordsville, but he still retains possession of his farm, which is located in Walnut Township, Montgomery County. Mr. Redenbaugh is a son of Henry B. Redenbaugh, one of the early settlers of this portion of Indiana, who was born born January 2, 1800, near Redden, Ohio. Frederick Redenbaugh, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Germany, came to this country some time during the last century, and first located in Pennsylvania, whence he moved to Ohio, and from there to Indiana in the early days of the settlement of the state. After coming here he first settled among the pioneers of Jefferson County, and then came to Montgomery County, where his life was closed at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was a soldier under Gen. Harrison at the famous battle of Tippecanoe, and he served with the General during the *War Of 1812*. He married Margaret Haney in Pennsylvania and they had twelve children, of whom their son William, who lives in Fountain County at the advanced age of eighty-one years, is the only survivor. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/r/rice-william-m.htm William M. Rice Montgomery County, Indiana William M. RICE, merchant and farmer, Newtown, was b. in Henry Co, Ky. 1812. He was the eldest son of Jonathan and Rebecca REYNOLDS Rice, the eldest of 20; 13 brothers and half brothers, and 7 sisters and half sisters. His minority was passed at work in his father's blacksmith and gunsmith shop. From that time until the present, he has been merchandising and farming. In 1829, accompanied by his parents, he removed to Montgomery Co, arriving there Sept 10 and settling near Waveland. In 1837, Mr. Rice came to Coal Creek in this Township (Richland) and made him a homestead one mile south of Newtown, which he yet owns. ... Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p. 183 William M. RICE is a prominent and successful representative of the agricultural class of Fountain County. He is a resident of Newtown where he has a large number of sincere friends and was born in henry Co Ky in 1812, being the eldest in a family of 11 children born to Jonathan and Rebecca Reynolds Rice, who were natives of Ky born in 1790 and 1785, respectively. Jonathan and Rebecca Rice were married in KY just prior to the breaking out of the *War Of 1812*. When the war was declared, Mr. Rice enlisted but served only the brief time of 60 days. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/r/ristine-ben-talor.htm Ben Talor RISTINE Crawfordsville Journal, Montgomery County, Indiana, Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Sat., Dec 26, 1896 Ben Talor RISTINE, the oldest member of the Crawfordsville bar-and perhaps the oldest practitioner in the state-died at his home near this city on Dec 25, 1896, lacking only a few day so the 90th anniversary of his birth. He continued to visit his office daily, and to take some part in the business thereof, up to within a month of his death. ... ... Henry Ristine was an officer in the ranging service during the *War Of 1812*. The command to which he belonged were all mounted men and the service doubtless led to his moving from Madison to the region where he settled. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/r/robbins-thomas-m.htm Thomnmas M. Robbins Montgomery County, Indiana H.W. Beckwith History (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 193 ROBBINS, Thomas M., proprietor Nutt Hotel, Crawfordsville, was b. in Butler Co, Ohio Dec 6, 1829 and is the son of Samuel and Jane Robbins. His parents settled in Ripley Twp, Montgomery co in 1831. His mother d. there in 1832; his father in 1855. His father was a farmer and was in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/r/rogers-henry-c.htm HENRY C. ROGERS, M. D. Portrait and Biographical Record pp 439-440 HENRY C. ROGERS, M. D., is well known as one of the leading physicians and surgeons in the city of Rockville. He was born in Brown Township, Montgomery County, Ind., August 16,1844. His father, Dr. Henry Rogers, was of English descent and was reared in Culpeper County, Va. ... Mrs. Jane Rogers, the mother of our subject, was a native of Kentucky and was supposed to be of Irish ancestry. By her marriage she became the mother of two children, Henry C. and James. She passed away about the year 1878. Mr. Rogers was in Dudley's defeat, on the River Thames, in the *War Of 1812* fighting with the Kentucky troops. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/sanders-james-noleman.htm James Noleman SANDERS History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Indianapolis: AW Bowen, 1913) p 844 ... Mr. Sanders was born on a farm in Adams Co, Ohio, March 17, 1838 and is a son of John W. and Mariah WINTERS Sanders. The father was born in the District of Columbia, July 4, 1792. His father was captain of a ship and was lost at sea, thus leaving John W. Sanders, his son an orphan. The latter remained in the East until 1818 when he came among the early pioneers to Adams Co, Ohio. He was by trade a house joiner, making doors, sashes, etc. He was a soldier in the *War Of 1812* and fought at the Battle of Lundy's Lane. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/sappenfield-charles-w.htm Charles W. Sappenfield Montgomery County, Indiana Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana (Chapman Brothers, 1893) p 531 Charles W. Sappenfield. This gentleman is one who has met with discouragements and calamities during his business life, but by his persistent efforts he has established himself and is profitably engaged at the present time. He is the son of Mathias Sappenfield, who was born March 12, 1790 in Fayette Co, NC to Mathias Sappenfield. The last-named gentleman was born in the Carolinas and was a gallant soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married a Miss Sechrist ... The father of our subject lived on the Little Raccoon until his death, which occurred August 14, 1873. When but a lad he became interested in religious affairs and in his 18th year joined the German Reformed Church. He was a brave soldier in the *War Of 1812*, and after coming to this county united with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he was an intelligent worker and liberal supporter the remainder of his life. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/shanklin-andrew-s.htm Andrew S. Shanklin Montgomery County, Indiana H.W. Beckwith History, (Chicago, HH Hill, 1880) p 188 Andrew S. Shanklin, farmer, Crawfordsville, was the eldest in a family of 4 sons and 4 daughters reared by John & Elizabeth (KIGGINS) Shanklin. His grandfather, John Kiggins, was serving as a teamster in the *War Of 1812* when he was killed by the enemy. ... Atlas of Montgomery County. (Chicago: Beers, 1878) p 54 SHANKLIN, Andrew S; PO Crawfordsville; Farmer; Sec. 10, son of John and ELizabeth KIGGINS Shanklin. Was born in Lawrence Co IN Jan 6, 1825 and settled with his parents in 1828, on Sec. 25 of Wayne Township. Married Miss Catherine LOWE April 17, 1847. Children: Lizzie A; Lavina Ellen; E. Alice; J. William; Charles Elmer. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/simms-george.htm George SIMMS Crawfordsville Weekly Review, April 3, 1903 George SIMMS, the youngest son of Presley G. Simms and Nancy Bradnell was b. in Va June 18, 1814. He came to IN in 1827 and has since resided in the neighborhood where he died March 23, 1903 of general debility. He was of English parentage and came from an honest, sturdy, patriotic race of people. His father was a soldier for six years in the revolutionary war and two years in the *War Of 1812*. He was marr. to Elizabeth Vester, a most excellent woman of near Sullivan, IN in April 1856. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/snyder-edward-crum.htm Judge Edward Crum SNYDER Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p 579.  Judge Edward Crum SNYDER, a member of the legal firm of Brush & Snyder, and a prominent member of the Bar in Montgomery county, Indiana is the subject of the present notice. He was born in Washington County, Maryland Oct 7, 1843 and his parents were George and Ann Togwell Snyder, both of whom were natives of MD. In 1846 they emigrated to Indiana locating on a farm 5 miles west of Crawfordsville, where the father coneducted a store with his brother for one year and then returned to Greene Co, Ohio near Xenia, where he taught school and remained until his death, Sept 10, 1877 aged 64 years, his widow surviving him until Aug 22, 1881. His father, also George, was a Capt. in the *War Of 1812* and members of the Togwell family were in the Revolutionary War. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/snyder-george-w.htm G.W. Snyder Waveland Independent, Dec 30, 1898 G.W. Snyder the oldest printer in the state died at his home in Crawfordsville Tuesday. He established the paper that is now the Crawfordsville Journal in 1836. Crawfordsville Journal, Dec. 30, 1898 George W. Snyder, who has been ill for some time, d. Wed. eve. at 7 o'clock at his home on E. College St. After the death of his wife, which occurred in this city 4 years ago he failed rapidly in bodily vigor and rejoiced in the fact that he would soon join her on the other shore. ... His father, Jacob Snyder, was in the war of 1812, owned large iron works in Martinsburg and traveled on horseback to Philadelphia to purchase stock for the same. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/steele-a-t.htm Armstrong T. Steele Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith (Chicago: HH Hill) History of Montgomery County, 1881 p 359 ... His father was among the early settlers of Vincennes Indiana where he came to from Ky in 1800. He was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*, having formerly served as Lt. in the Indian War. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/stephenson-john-m.htm "Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana" published 1893 by Chapman Bros., Chicago: "JOHN M. STEPHENSON, ... Among these people the ancestor of our subject found congenial friends and entered into matrimony, rearing a large family of industrious and useful citizens. One of his sons, John, served bravely in the *War Of 1812*, and afterward located in Ohio, when that State was almost a wilderness; a few straggling settlements here and there comprised the bulk of the populatiom, and many were the privations and dangers encountered by the pioneers. ... Source: Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind.: B. F. Bowen and Co 1909, 1375 pages. JOSEPH NORRIS STEWART The family of this name in Wayne township is of Kentucky origin. In 1824. John and Mary (Inlow) Stewart, born and reared and married in Kentucky, came to Indiana and located in Montgomery county. John, who was a son of Joseph Stewart, was in the *War Of 1812*, serving as a private under Colonel Dudley, was taken prisoner at the River Raisin, in Canada, and had to run the gauntlet. ... (additional note: Joseph Stewart born 15 Apr 1829 married to Elizabeth Kerr & Susan Cokry.) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/s/stipe-john.htm John Stipe Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery Co IN (HH Hill, Chicago 1881) p 378 John STIPE, farmer, Orth, is a son of Joseph and Mary Ann (STONE) Stipe. Joseph Stipe was a native of Germany, and his wife of Virginia. He went to Virginia when a child, and went to Kentucky, and was there married. In 1816 he settled in Ripley County, Indiana, and in 1829 located in Franklin township, Montgomery County, where he entered eighty acres in Sec. 35, and added to the eighty till he owned 169 acres, and forty acres in Walnut township. He died in 1858, at the age of seventy years, and his wife followed in 1863, aged seventy-six years. He had served in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/t/thompson-alexander.htm Alexander Thompson Montgomery County, Indiana Crawfordsville Weekly Review, March 15, 1884 Alexander Thompson was b. in Cumberland Co, Pa. April 3, 1796. His father died when he was 18 months old. He and his mother lived together until he was 12 years of age, when she too was carried away by the hand of death. He had 5 brothers and two sisters, one brother and one sister died at the same time as his father. Mr. Thompson is now the only one of the family living. After the death of his mother he and the rest of the family removed from Pa to Butler, Co, Ohio in the year 1811, where they remained until 1827. During his stay in the state of Ohio he was marr. to Jane Taylor, a farmer's daughter, who died and left him Nov 1867. Mrs. Thompson was b. in May 1801 and at the time of her death was 66 years old At the age of 19, he was employed by a man named John Ramsey to gather up and drive cattle and hogs, for the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/w/ward-william-w.htm William W. Ward Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 384 Wm. W. WARD, farmer, Mace, was born February 16, 1835, in Union township, Montgomery County, Indiana, and is a son of Uzal and Lydia ( LAFUSE ) Ward. His parents came from Union County, Indiana, to Montgomery County about 1834 and settled southeast of Crawfordsville, where they bought 160 acres of land. There they spent their remaining years. Mr. Ward was born in 1801, in Ohio, and died May 8, 1877, and Mrs. Ward was born 1802, in Union County, Indiana, and died July 7,1870. ... Mr. Ward was a democrat, then a republican. His elder brothers were in the *War Of 1812*. In their family were eight children: James, Julia A., Samuel J., Wm. W. and Mary E., Alfred, John L. and Elizabeth deceased. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/w/washburne-nicholas-l.htm Nicholas L. Washburne Montgomery County, Indiana Nicholas L. Washburne (deceased) was born August 11, 1808, in Brown County, Ohio, and was a son of Isaac and Rachel (Laycock) Washburne, natives of Ohio. ... His father fought in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/w/westfall-george.htm George WESTFALL Montgomery County, Indiana H. W. Beckwith, 1881 History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: Beers) p 507 George WESTFALL, farmer, Waynetown, was b. July 26, 1820, in Darke Co, Ohio. His parents, Jobe & Elizabeth (TERRY) Westfall, were natives of Ohio. His mother d. in that state in 1829. His father marr. again, and in 1834 or 35 moved to Montgomery Co IN and rented in different parts of Coal Cr. Twp. He d. in 1839, leaving a wife and family. He and wives were members of the Christian Church. he was a lifelong Dem. and had been a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/w/white-israel-harrison.htm Israel Harrison WHITE AW Bowen History (1913) of Montgomery County, Indiana p 1101 ... Mr. White was born in Sec 9, Scott Twp, Montgomery Co, March 17, 1839. He is a son of William S. and Amy WATKINS White. The father was born in Green County, Ohio not far from the city of Dayton on March 6, 1817, being a son of Benjamin and ____ BLAIR White. (Note from typist: 1850 Census Clark Twp #408 Benjamin White 55 Farmer Pa; Mary 55 Ky; Charlotte 21 Ohio; Mary 20 Ohio; Benjamin F 18 Ind; Thomas B 16 Ind.) About 1833 the family came to Montgomery County, Indiana when William S. White was 16 years old and here Benjamin White bought a farm about two miles SE of Ladoga. ... Benjamin White, father of this family was the owner of half a section of land. ... When William S. White was about 19 he married Amy WATKINS, daughter of George and Rebecca KELLY Watkins. ... George Watkins was a soldier in the *War Of 1812*. ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmontgo/bios/w/whitlock-ambrose.htm Ambrose WHITLOCK, Esq H. W. Beckwith, 1881 History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: Beers) p 162 Ambrose WHITLOCK, Esq, ... At the memorable interview between Gen. Harrison and Tecumseh at Vincennes, in 1811, Maj. Whitlock was present and his account of that affair puts a very different face upon the transaction than what has been usually delineated. After the termination of the *War Of 1812*, somewhere about 1817, Maj. Whitlock retired from the army to Civil life, and in 1822 was appointed receiver of public money in the land office, which, by the direction of the Hon. William H. Crawford, the sec. of the treasury, he located at the place which he called Crawfordsville, after the name of the disginguished secretary, who was his personal and political friend. ...