Orange County Biographies
The biographies linked to this page are from Goodspeed's History of Orange County, 1884 unless otherwise noted. The number following the individual's name indicates the page number in Goodspeed. These biographies are reproduced with permission from the Orange County Genealogical Society.
**NOTE: There are also some biographies of Lawrence County citizens with Orange County connections. The sources for these are Goodspeed's History of Lawrence County, 1884, which will be designated (GLC), and The Seedling Patch, Lawrence County Genealogical Society's newsletter, designated (SP). Biographies of Washington County citizens with Orange County connections are from Goodspeed's History of Washington County, 1884 (GWC).
Other sources include: "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE, (MMB), as noted in biographies.
History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana (Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Dubois County, Jefferson Township) was also used as a source document, which is designated (GPDC).
Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington. John M. Gresham & Co. Chicago 1889 (BHS)
"History of Macon County, Illinois. With Illustrations Descriptive Of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Published by Brink, McDonough & Co., Phildelphia, 1880. Reproduced through efforts of The Decatur Genealogical Society, 1972. (HMCI)
History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886, Daviess County, Madison Twp., page 840 (GKDC)
Cutler's History of Kansas (CHofK)
Many thanks to volunteer Diana Flynn. She transcribed over half of these biographies and provided the Lawrence, Washington, Morgan, Monroe, and Brown County biographies with Orange County connections. Great job!
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- ABEL,Andrew J. (657)
- AGAN, John (617)
- ALBERT, John C. (579)
- ALLEN, Abner W. (647)
- ALSPAUGH, David M. (GWC 852) Washington Twp.
- APPLE, Alfred (647)
- APPLE, John L. (648)
- APPLE, Solomon (647)
- BAKER, Dr.James (662)
- BAKER, James M. (632)
- BAKER, Hon. Orlan Franklin
- BAKER, William G. (604)
- BATES, Caleb (617)
- BAXTER, Cornelius
- BEDSTER, Thomas (657)
- BENNETT, George (648)
- BLACKWELL, Cyrus W. (632)
- BOBBETT, James (BHS)
- BOHANON, William G. (GLC 287)
- BOLTON, Abnatha (625)
- BOWLES, John H. (604)
- BOWLES, Dr. Lewis S. (579)
- BOWLES, Dr. William A.--fromHistory of French Lick
- BOYD, Jesse (580)
- BRAXTAN, John H. (581)
- BRAXTAN, Thomas N. (580)
- BRAY, Edward William (MMB 270)
- BREEDEN, James Snowdensubmitted by Phyllis Hill
- BRENT, William M. (653)
- BROWN, William (GLC 339)
- BRUNER, Alfred (625)
- BUCHANAN, John H. (617)
- BURTON, Henry (641)
- BUSKIRK, George H. (581)
- BUSKIRK, John B. (MMB 555)
- BUSKIRK, John W. (MMB 559)
- CAMPBELL,George W. (581)
- CAMPBELL, James P. (641)
- CAMPBELL, W.C. (605)
- CARTER, John D. (MMB 219)
- CARTER, Nathaniel (MMB 220)
- CHARLES, Azor
- CHARLES, Capt. William (641)
- CHENOWETH, John (605)
- CHISHAM, William W. (605)
- CLAXTON, Thomas V. (582)
- CLEMENTS, Jesse (654)
- CLEMENTS, John G. (582)
- CLEVELAND, Marvin (GLC 287)
- CLEVELAND, Matthew (625)
- CLINTON, William
- COMINGORE, Henry (583)
- CONDER, Shadrach B. A. (583)
- COOK, William (633)
- CORNWELL, Edward (583)
- CORNWELL, Harrison (GWC 881)
- COX, Christopher (653)
- COX, Mrs. Elizabeth (584)
- CRIM, Joshua H. (GLC 333)
- CROCKETT, James (633)
- CROOKE, James M. (GKDC 840) - submitted by Phyllis Hill
- DEAN, Capt.Jeremiah E. (SP)
- DILLARD, Joel C. (648)
- DILLINGER, Tolbert (626)
- DOAK, Robert (662)
- DOUGHERTY, George W. (584)
- DUNCAN, Capt. Joseph (657)
- EDWARDS,Wesley (GLC 290)
- ELLIS, John W. (634)
- ELLIS, Dr. William D. (649)
- ELROD, Benton (606)
- ELROD, John O. (606)
- ENES, Frederick (642)
- FARLOW,Nathan M. (585)
- FARRELL, William (586)
- FAUCETT, Eli H. (658)
- FAUCETT, George W. (626)
- FAUCETT, John H. (GLC 308)
- FAULKNER, Dr. Joseph F. (GPDC 721) (submitted by Phyllis Hill)
- FELKNOR, George W. (658)
- FINLEY, Cyrus E. (634)
- FINLEY, David (607)
- FINLEY, Samuel (607)
- FISH, Anderson (SP)
- FISHER, David (608)
- FISHER, James (634)
- FISHER, John (607)
- FLICK, Thomas (654)
- FREE, John M. (618)
- FREE, Leander (618)
- FROST, James A. (608)
- GABBERT,William P. (586)
- GILLIAT, Nathan P. (642)
- GILLIATT, John H. (649)
- GILLIATT, John H. Sr. (649)
- GLOVER, I. N. (GLC 293)
- GLOVER, Thomas G. (635)
- GOBBEL, Frederick, M.D.
- GREEN, Jonah M. (GWC 887) Posey Twp.
- GRIGSBY, Bennet (643)
- GULLETT, Samuel (608)
- GUTHRIE, William (GWC 919)
- HADLEY,Evan (MMB 273-276)
- HALBERT, Silas J. (627)
- HALL, Joseph (586)
- HAM, Moses (643)
- HARDMAN, John (609)
- HARDMAN, Washington (609)
- HARMON, George W. (644)
- HARNED, Benjamin A. (GWC 860)
- HARNED, Benjamin F.
- HARRISON, ThomasJefferson submitted by Phyllis Hill
- HATFIELD, James P. (659)
- HAZLEWOOD, Green M.D. (587)
- HAZLEWOOD, Lee M.D. (618)
- HICKS, James (627)
- HICKS, Samuel (627)
- HICKS, William T. (588)
- HIGGINS, Daniel H. (628)
- HILL, Cornelius (MMB 191)
- HILL, James A. (587)
- HILL, Jesse (587)
- HOARD, Henry (GLC 335) SpiceValley Twp.
- HOBSON, J. M. (588)
- HOLLOWELL, James (GWC 863) Washington Twp.
- HOSTETLER, Hon. A.J. (SP)
- HUDELSON, Cyrus N. (589)
- HUDELSON, James H. (628)
- HUDELSON, John A. (589)
- HUDELSON, William H. (589)
- HUFFSTUTTER, Hon. David S. (609)
- HUNT, Hon. Thomas (590)
- HUNT, Dr. T. J.
- INMAN,Enoch E.
- INMAN, Henry (GLC 309)
- JACOBS,Jeremiah W. (GPDC 725)
- JOHNSON,Harrison (644)
- JOHNSON, Jacob (635)
- JOHNSON, Perry C. (635)
- JOHNSON, Wesley (644)
- KEYNON,Jackson (659)
- KING, George W. (649)
- LAMBDEIN,David R. (650)
- LAMBDIN, Amos M. (590)
- LANE, David C.
- LAUGHLIN, E.D., M.D. (610)
- LEATHERMAN, Christian Peter
- LEATHERMAN, Daniel (610)
- LEE, Bazel W. (SP)
- LEE, Gilead P. (SP)
- LEE, Henry (GLC340)
- LEWIS, William W. (GLC 340)
- LINDLEY, Dr. Chambers M.
- LINDLEY, James E. (611)
- LINDLEY, John A. (591)
- LINDLEY, John T. (591)
- LINDLEY, Joseph (592)
- LINDLEY, Laban M.D. (592)
- LINDLEY, Samuel T. (590)
- LINDLEY, Solomon (592)
- LINDLEY, William (611)
- LINE, William A., M.D.
- LINGLE, Benjamin M. (593)
- LOCKHART, James A. (619)
- LOWDER, Lyndon (GWC 320) Perry Twp.
- LOWE, Lynden (650)
- MAHAN,Samuel (663)
- MARIS, the family of (593)
- MARTIN, William H. (SP)
- MATHERS, James H. (628)
- MATHERS, Samuel (629)
- MATHERS, Thomas N. (629)
- MAVITY, John K. (645)
- MAVITY, Judge MiltonS. (594)
- McBRIDE, Thomas (619)
- McCAULEY, James (629)
- McCOY, Henry (593)
- McCOY, Jackson (663)
- McCOY, James H. (636)
- McCUNE, Isaac (654)
- McCUNE, Thomas
- McDONALD, James (620)
- McDONALD, John (620)
- McINTOSH, John (620)
- McINTOSH, Samuel (GWC 890) Posey Twp.
- McKINNEY, William A. (HMCI 201 [Bourbon County])
- McKNIGHT, Joseph (GWC 352) Marshall Twp.
- McKNIGHT, Samuel (SP)
- McKNIGHT, William (SP)
- McLANE, William (636)
- McNEFF, P.S.
- McNEFF, William A.
- MEGENITY, Hon. John L. (594)
- MELTON, James W. (650)
- MESSICK, Michael N. (SP)
- MILLIS, John (595)
- MONTGOMERY, James W. (621)
- MONYHAN, Henry (636)
- MOON, Jesse B. (621)
- MOORE, Hance--from the History of Wilson County, Kansas
- MORGAN, David S.
- MURPHY, James N. (622)
- NICHOLSON,John W.
- NOBLETT, F. W. (595)
- NOBLITT, Abraham (595)
- NOBLITT, Hugh (611)
- NOBLITT, James L. (663)
- NOBLITT, John V. (596)
- NOBLITT, Minnie (submitted by Phyllis Hill)
- NOBLITT, Van R. (630)
- NOBLITT, William (622)
- NORTH, William J. (654)
- OSBORN,William F. (596)
- PETER,Jonathan (623)
- PEYTON, Blewford (596)
- PHILLIPS, John (637)
- PHILLIPS, Thomas L. (597)
- PHIPPS, Isaiah (GLC 299)
- PICKENS, Aaron A.J. (664)
- PIERCE, Eleazer J. (660)
- PIERCE, George H. (659)
- PINNICK, Elijah J. (645)
- PINNICK, John W. (655)
- PINNICK, Thomas C. (655)
- PINNICK, William W. (660)
- POLSON, Henry H. (664)
- POWELL, Abner (660)
- PRUETT, John W.S. (630)
- PRUETT, William (661)
- PRUITT, John
- REED, JonahG. (637)
- REED, W.L. (612)
- RHODES, Andrew J. (597)
- RICHARDSON, Lemuel (612)
- RILEY, B. D. (598)
- RILEY, Thomas Y.
- RITTER, John A., M.D. (630)
- ROBERTS, Moses (651)
- RODGERS, Hugh (656)
- ROSS, David (651)
- RYAN, Dr. Samuel (645)
- SALYARDS,E.J. (612)
- SANDERS, Thomas (623)
- SCHNEIDER, Jacob (598)
- SCOTT, Solomon (598)
- SEYBOLD, Jasper (651)
- SHEEKS, David L. (GLC 300)
- SHIRLEY, George (631)
- SHIRLEY, William C. (631)
- SHIVELY, William F.
- SIMPSON, John R. (599)
- SPEER, Aaron (599)
- SPEER, A.B. (661)
- STACKHOUSE, Rev. Hugh (MMB 239)
- STALCUP, S. S. (BHS)
- STALCUP, Young L. (624)
- STEERS, John H. (613)
- STILL, Abram C., M.D. (600)
- STONE, Leroy D. (632)
- STOUT, George (600)
- STOUT, Iram (600)
- STREET, Robert A. (631)
- STUCKER, Hon. James F. (601)
- SUTHERLAND, Prof. E.F. (GLC 322 Perry Twp.)
- SUTHERLIN, John R. (613)
- SWIFT, Capt. William T. (656)
- TAGGART, Thomas (661)
- TALBOT, Hanson (661)
- TEAFORD, William (652)
- TEGARDEN, George W. (614)
- TEGARDEN, Joseph (638)
- TEGARDEN, Robert (613)
- TEGARDEN, Samuel R. (638)
- THOMAS, George W. (601)
- THOMPSON, D.L. (GWC 903) Washington Twp.
- THOMPSON, Henry (602)
- THOMPSON, Jonathan (602)
- THOMPSON, Thomas M. (624)
- TILLERY, John (656)
- TRIMBLE family (646)
- TURLEY, Aaron (GLC 302)
- TURLEY, Jonathan (GLC 302)
- VANCLEAVE,James (GWC 937)
- VANTRESS, E. C., M.D.
- VOSS, John C. (SP)
- WALKER,Thomas B. (614)
- WALKER, James Harvey (obituary)
- WALKER, William R. (639)
- WALLACE, John A. (615)
- WALLS, Dr. William B.
- WARREN, James (639)
- WEATHERS, John H. (BHS)
- WEEKS, Joseph (602)
- WEEKS, William (652)
- WELLS, William T. (664)
- WIBLE, Judge Samuel (665)
- WILLIAMS, John L. (GWC 879)
- WILLIAMS, William (MMB 215)
- WILLYARD, John (652)
- WILSON, Judge Francis (SP)
- WILSON, Louis B. (615)
- WINEINGER, John F.
- WINEINGER, Samuel
- WIRES, William (639)
- WOLF, Shelby (603)
- WOLFE, Jefferson T. (603)
- WORRELL, James M. (640)
- WORRELL, William W. (603)
- WOOD, Edwin (GLC303)
- WRIGHT, Aaron (GLC 304)
- WRIGHT, Jonathan (616)
- WRIGHT, Jonathan H. (GLC 305)
- WRIGHT, Newton (615)
- WRIGHT, W.H. (640)
- WRIGHT, William H. (616)