Wayne County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (15 of 15 so headed), 1884

Cornelius Bond, a son of Thomas Bond, Jr., was born in Wayne County, Ind., Dec. 2, 1834, and has always resided in what is now Webster Township, engaged in farming. He has one of the most attractive homes in the country. He started in life with forty acres of poor land, but with energy and perseverance equal.to any emergency. In his early manhood he received an injury that made him a cripple for life. While splitting wood the ax passed through the timber and buried itself in his knee. He was unable to move for weeks and it was several months before he was able to work. He has often felt almost compelled to give up, but with a determination that was able to surmount many difficulties he kept on. He was married Oct. 13, 1853, to Anna E., daughter of Hartman and Catharine Kigenbrodt. She was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 6, 1832, and when three years of age came with her parents to Wayne County, locating in Rich mond, and in 1838 removing to Webster Township. Mr. and Mrs. Bond have seven children - Ada V. M., Josie A., Elma L., William A, Charley T. H., Cadie R. and Etta J. M. They are members of the Society of Friends.

Joseph Bond, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bond (who came from England), was born in North Carolina, Aug. 9, 1779. He came to the Territory of Ohio in 1801, raised a crop and then went back to North Carolina. In the latter part of 1802 he married Rachel Harrold, daughter of John and Phebe Harrold. They remainedin North Carolina until 1811, when, with five children, they moved to the Territory of Indiana and settled in what is now Wayne County, about seven miles northwest of Richmond. Here six more children were added to their family, making eleven in all, eight boys and three girls, all of whom lived to be men and women. In 1888 he moved to Randolph County, Ind., where he lived about three years, his wife surviving him about two years. The children ot Joseph Bond are the following - Darius, born Dec. 26, 1803, died Sept. 3, 1837; Eunice, born Oct. 3, 1805, died Jan. 24, 1870; John H., born Dec. 6, 1807, still living in Randolph County; Mordecai, born Sept. 24, 1809, died Aug. 8, 1849; Joseph S., born July 29, 1811, living in Randolph County; Amos, born April 9, 1814, living in Grant County, Ind.; Levi, born Nov. 4, 1815, living in Wayne County, Ind.; Elihu, born April 28. 1817, died June 7, 1870; Rachel, born March 13, 1819, died March 20, 1840; Zimri, born Dec. 25, 1820, died April 14, 1877; Lavina, born Jan. 5, 1826, living in Iowa. Levi Bond, the only son now living in Wayne County, Dec. 1, 1840, married Lydia Williams, daughter of John and Mary Williams, of Wayne County. They now live in Webster Township, having lived there ever since their marriage, except fourteen years that were spent in Randolph County, Ind. Their only son, Jehiel Bond, living with them, was born Jan. 30, 1842. April 26, 1866, he married Anna Jane Marshall, daughter of Evan and Gulia Elma Marshall,

Mahlan Bond was born in Henry County, Ind., Nov. 30, 1850, a son of Amer and Mary Bond. When he was eight years of age he came to Wayne County to live with his uncle, Thomas Bond, and remained with him or his widow till Feb. 13, 1873, when he married Eunice E. Hunt. She was born Aug. 23, 185%, in Wayne County, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Bond have three children - Leona, Leslie and Lilian. Previous to his marriage Mr. Bond bought a farm of eighty acres, on section 21, Webster Township, where he still lives. He and his wite are members of the Society of Friends.

William Bond was born Oct. 18, 1834, in Webster Township, Wayne Co., Ind., a son of Jesse and Anna (Cook) Bond, both natives of Wayne County, his father born Oct. 7, 1808, and his mother Feb. 4, 1811. His mother was a daughter of Joseph and Lydia Cook, early settlers of the county. His father built the first house used as a place of business, in Richmond. His parents were married June 18, 1829, and to them were born seven children, two of whom are living - Oalvin, of Hamilton County, Ind., and William, our subject. Mahala, Lydia, Oliver, Emily and Rhoda are deceased. The mother died Dec. 6, 1846, and in 1848 his father married Mrs. Delana Stanley. William Bond has always been a farmer, and now has 160 acres of well-improved land. He was married in 1855 to Sarah A., daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Jessup, of Rush County, Ind. She was born May 1,1837. They have had nine children - Emily Ann (deceased), Thomas J., Franklin W., John M., Charles E, William P. and Robert B. (twins), Rebecca A. and Jesse I. Mr. and Mrs. Bond are members of the Society of Friends.

Thomas Clark was born in Randolph County, N. C., Aug. 27, 1831, a son of John and Nancy Clark, of Rush County, Ind. His parents came to Indiana in 1832 and located in Carthage, where he was reared, and received a commonschool education. He then attended Earlham College two terms, and then entered the Freshman class of Haverford College, near Philadelphia, Pa., remaining there nearly four years, paying his tuition by teaching in the primary department. He afterward taught two years. In 1861 he married Emily J. Griffin, a native of Henry County, Ind., born July 28, 1833, and a daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Burgess) Griffin, now of Spiceland, Henry County. After his marriage, Mr. Clark commenced farming near Nobleville, Hamilton Co., Ind., and in 18/5 exchanged his property there for a farm on section 34, Webster Township, Wayne County. Mr. Clark has always taken an interest in the temperance cause and in education. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends. They havea family of four chilaren - Mary B., John G., Daniel B. and Anna R.

Warner M. Hockett. - V ery little is known of the Hockett family prior to their leaving England. Philip Hoggatt (as the name was then spelled) came to the United States with, or about the time of, William Penn's colony, and settled in Chester County, Pa., where he died. His son William went to Guilford County, N. O., when a young man, and bought from the Indians the right to a mile square of land twelve miles south of Greensboro. He built a cabin in the woods, having no neighbors nearer than eighteen miles, going on foot through the forest to New Garden to do his courting. He married Hannah, daughter of John and Lydia Bales. They had three sons - William, Joseph and Stephen. The two latter emigrated to Miami County, Ohio. William inherited the old homestead, and married Hannah, daughter of Jeremiah and Susannah Reynolds, of Randolph County, N. ©. They had three daughters and two sons - Lydia, William, Susannah, Rachel and John, who was burned by falling in the fire when small, and died. Lydia married Joshua Chamness. Rachel married Benjamin Benbow; both removed to Randolph County, Ind. Susannah never married. William married Hannah Davis, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Davis. They had twelve children - an infant, not named, Banajah H., Himelius M., Jesse D., William B., Milton, Warner M., David D., Caroline D., Seth B., Sarah E., Susanna M. Banajah, David and Susanna died in childhood. Himelius married Rachel Branson. Jesse married Rebecea Cox, William married Eliza J. Branson. Caroline D. and Sarah E. came to Indiana in the time ot the war. Caroline married Wilson Charles, and Sarah married William Harvey. Seth B. married Elizabeth Cox. Warner M., our subject, came to Indiana in 1860, and in 1861 married Matilda C., daughter of Elisha and Ruth Dennis. They had three children - Addison Fulton, Martha Ellen and Mary Elma. His wife died of rheumatism of the heart, and he subsequently married Sarah G., daughter of Nathan and Mary Charles, of Richmond. They have one son - William N. Mr. Hockett first settled in Ogden, Henry County, where he worked in a cabinet-shop and at the carpenter's trade. He remained there three years, when, on account of his health, he removed to a farm near Economy, Wayne County. In 1873 he bought his present farm of 104 acres, a mile west of Webster, of John Connor, paying $6,000 for it, but having greatly improved it now values it at $7,000. Mr. Hockett's brothers all own farms in North Carolina, near or adjoining the old homestead. Milton is entirely deaf, and has never married. Three. brothers were conscripted into the rebel army, but on account of their conscientious scruples against wars and fighting refused to bear arms. William was taken to Virginia, and was within a quarter of a mile of the battle of Gettysburg, Penusylvania. He was tied behind a forage car, with a rope around his neck, and was obliged to run or be dragged by the neck, and in various other ways punished. Himelius and Jesse were taken to Kingston and subjected to the most inhuman torture, Jesse being hung up by his thumbs to a pin in the wall for three hours. After this barbarous treatment they all reached home alive.

Ammiel Hunt, son of Nathan and Hepsibah Hunt, was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1821, and died Oct. 19, 1870. His early life was a struggle with the hardships of pioneer life, and his advantages for an education were limited. He was ambitious and desirous for the improvement of his mind, and he applied himself to private study and was thus enabled to teach school. He accumulated a large library which he opened for the benefit of those unable to purchase books. He was a devoted member of the Society of Friends, and although very reserved in his manner, won the respect and admiration of all who knew him by his generosity and faithful allegiance to the cause. He married Abigail, daughter of Jeremiah Cox, of Wayne County. They had a family of eight children - Elvira, wife of Isaac Cox; Jemima, wife of J. W. Jay; Nathan C., married M. A. Pitts; Jeremiah, deceased; Oliver H., married E. Haisley; Eunice E., wife of Mahlan Bond; Alvin B., married M. Carlisle, and Hepsa, deceased.

Henry Jay was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1813, a son of John, Jr., and Mary (Steddom) Jay, natives of South Carolina, his father born in 1782 and his mother in 1784. His paternal grandfather, John Jay, Sr., was of Welsh descent, being a son of one of three brothers who came from Wales. Two of the brothers settled in the east, one of whom was the father of John Jay, of Revolutionary fame, and one, the father of John Jay, Sr., settled in Virginia where John, Sr., was born and reared, but subsequently removed to South Carolina where he reared a family of eleven children - Thomas, Jesse, John, Samuel, William, Walter, Denny, James, Mary, Anna, Lydia and Jane, all of whom with their families and parents removed to Ohio in 1802 and located in Warren County. The father died in Miami County, Ohio, in 1827. Mr. Jay's maternal grandparents, Henry and Martha Steddom, then known as Stidham, were of Swedish descent, their ancestors settling near Wilmington, Del. Mr. Steddom was born in South Carolina, and in 1804 removed to Warren Couuty, Ohio, two brothers and three sisters of Mrs. Steddom going with them. Both of Mr. Jay's grandfathers were left for dead in the Whig and Tory war in the South during the Revolution, for not revealing information as demanded, but both subsequently revived. His parents were married in 1808, and in 1824 removed to Wayne County, Ind., and purchased land in Wayne Township, where his mother died in 1843 and his father in 1844. His father was one of the founders of Earlham College and an earnest worker in the Society of Friends. There was a family of five children, but two of whom are living - Henry and Walter. Martha died in 1847 leaving her husband (Joseph Hill) and three children. John S. died in 1830 at the age of twelve, from being kicked by a horse, and one sister died in infancy. Our subject was educated in the pioneer schools and reared to the life of a farmer. In 1833 he married Leah, daughter of John Nicholson, of Wayne County. She was born in 1813 and died in 1836, leaving two children who died within the following year. In 1838 Mr. Jay married Sarah Strawbridge, of Wayne County, bornin 1809. They had five children, but two of whom are living - Jesse W. and Sarah. Leah J. died in 1875, leaying her hnsband (Chiswell Cogge- shall) and three children. Mrs. Jay died in 1847, and in 1348 Mr. Jay married Priscilla Reed, who was borm in 1828 and died in 1854 leaving two children, but one living - DeWitt C. In 1856 Mr. Jay married Alice Hollingsworth, of Warren County, Ohio, born in 1838. She died in 1874 leaving three children - Francis D., Dayton H. and William H. H. Mr. Jay is a member of the Society of Friends. Several of the Steddom family (descendants of Henry and Martha) are living in Wayne County at present.

Eli Kenworthy was born Dec. 15, 1834, in Preble County, Ohio. In his youth helearned the carpenter's trade, which he followed several years. He received the greater part of his education after he had attained his majority in the schools of Earlham and Graysville, and subsequently taught two terms. He then engaged in the paper businessin Richmond, and in 1863 was employed by the Freedmen's Department to visit the Southern States and look after the interests of the colored people. He has been engaged in the lumber business and also in the manufacture of coffins, ete., but of late has been engaged in farming. He was one of the leaders in the movement to introduce the graded-school system in Webster. He is now serving his second term as Trustee of Webster Township. Mr. Kenworthy was married in 1866 to Rachel, daughter of Nathan Puckett. She was born Oct. 3, 1834. They have four children - Almira, Robert B., Harriett E. and Florence N:

William King was born Sept. 5, 1823, in Kentucky, a son of John and Judith (Roundtree) King, and came with his parents to Indiana in 1828, where he was reared and educated in the common schools. He has always followed the vocation of a farmer, and now owns 480 acres on section 33, Webster Township, which he purchased in 1855. He was married Jan. 1, 1846, to Jemima, daughter of Caleb and Olive Jackson, of Centre Township. She was born May 13, 1826, in Wayne County, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Christian church. They have had a family of fifteen children - John ©., Rebecca E., Caleb J., Joseph W., William A., Charles O., James E., Julia E., Thomas L., Elijah G., Mary A., Asa M., Arthur T., Luther Z., and an infant, deceased. Mr. King's father was born in Virginia, May 13,

1753, a son of Jesse and Cynthia King. He went to Kentucky when seventeen years of age, and located near Winchester. Jan. 25, 1810, he married Judith Roundtree, a native of Kentucky, born April 9, 1789. They came to Wayne County in 1828, where they died, Mr. King Jan. 5, 1859, and Mrs. King in 1866. They had a family of eleven children - Eliza A., Lucinda, James, John, Polly, Joseph, William, Jesse, Presley, Nancy and Jackson. Mrs. King was one of the first members of the Centreville Christian church.

Nathan Mendenhall was born in Stokes County, N. O., in 1820, a son of Jonathan and Ann (Phillips) Mendenhall, his father a native of North Carolina, and his mother of Pennsylvania. He came with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., in the fall of 1826, and settled in the woods in what is now Clay Township, near Green's Fork. He has thus from early childhood made his home in this county, and has always followed the vocation of a farmer. Hewas married in 1845 to Rhoda, daughter of Samuel and Charity Bond, of Webster Township. They had six children - - Harvey, Samuel, Jonathan, Charity Ann, William C. and Mary E. Mr. Mendenhall's father was one of the prominent men of the county. He always took a great interest in political and educational matters. He contributed liberally toward the erection of Earlham College at Richmond. His children are as follows - Rhoda, wife of L. Arnett; Phoebe, wife of R. Bowman; Mary, wife of H. Willets; Margaret, wife of M. Coffin; Robert, married M. Jessup; John, married E. Haisley; Joseph, married Eunice Davis; Rebecca, wife of J. Smith; Naomi, wife of N. Elliott; Nathan, our subject; Anna, wife of J. Ozbun; Sally Ann, wife of Eli Haislev, and Keziah, wife of S. Hayworth. The family are members of the Society of Friends.

William C. Mendenhali, son of Nathan and Rhoda (Bond) Mendenhall, was born in Webster Township, Wayne Co., Ind., Jan. 25, 1857. He was educated in the common schools, and reared to the life of a farmer, an occupation he still pursues. He was married in September, 1878, to Anna R, daughter of William and Eliza Newby, of Illinois, born April 95,1857. They have two children - Wilson N. and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall are members of the Friends'

Daniel Palmer was born in Virginia, Dec. 26, 1826, a son of Daniel and Nancy (Roles) Palmer. His parents came to Wayne County, Ind. He learned the tanner's trade, and worked at it eleven years, and since then has been engaged in farming. Dec. 27, 1855, he married Martha H. Smith, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born Sept. 17, 1830. They have four children - Elva C., wife of Benjamin Price; Arthur B., Laura B. and Joseph W. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are me:nbers of the Society of Friends. Mr. Palmer's father, Daniel Palmer, is a native of Fauquier County, Va., born in 1795. He was married in 1822 to Nancy Roles, and in 1828 came to Wayne County, Ind., and settled in Centre Township, and in 1832 purchased eighty acres of school land in Webster Township, and afterward purchased 110 acres in the same township. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church. Mrs. Palmer died May 12, 1862. Mr. Palmer is living with his only remaining child, Daniel. They had a family of four children - Lucinda, Daniei, Margaret and Joseph. Mrs. Palmer's father, Samuel Smith, was born in Virginia in 1802, and when sixteen years of age removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he married Huldah Moreland, who was born in 1806. In 1839 they came to Indiana, and settled in Webster Township, Wayne County, where Mr. Smith died in 1862. They had a family of seven children - James, Robert, Martha, Judith, Rachel, Yates and Hannah. Mrs. Smith married Jesse Lundy in 1865, and died in 1871. Joseph Palmer, Jr., volunteered in the late war, September, 1862, in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Regiment, and was killed at Richmond, Ky., Sept. 30, 1862.

Levi Peacock was born in North Carolina, May 18, 1821, a son of Asa and Dinah (Rich) Peacock, natives of North Carolina, his father born in 1790, and his mother in 1786. His parents were married in 1811, and in 1829 came to Wayne County, Ind., and settled in New Garden Township, on leased land, and seven years later bought a farm in Grant County, Ind. They had a family of nine children - William, Asa, John, Betsey D., Sally, Levi, Patsey, Joseph and Aaron. The mother died in 1848, and in 1850 Mr. Peacock married Dorcas Jones, who survived him eight years.

He remained with his parents till he attained his majority. He was married Feb. 23, 1843, to Martha, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Haisley. She was born March 28, 1818, and died April 15, 1859, leaving one child - Ruth. In 1863 Mr. Peacock married Sarah, daughter of Peter and Sarah Lawrence, who was born in North Carolina, June 22, 1835, and was brought by her parents to Indiana the same year. They have had seven children, but four are living - Caroline, Daniel L., Mary H., and Levi ©. The deceased are - Martha E., Lincoln and Lindley. Mr. Peacock has been very prosperous, starting in life with no means, but being very ambitious; he has now 400 acres of the best land in the county. He has won the respect of all who know him. He is a public-spirited and benevolent man, and the poor can always find a friend by going to him. He'and his wife are members of the Society of Friends.

Nathan Puckett was born in Surry County, N. C., about 1807, a son of Isom and Elizabeth (Holt) Puckett. His father was born in North Carolina, in 1778, and died in 1875. He came to Indiana in 1817 and was one of the first ministers of the old Dunkirk Society of Friends. He was a bitter enemy of intemperance. He was connected with the underground railroad, assisting the negro to liberty, and gave them shelter whenever he could. Of a tamily of ten children - Gincy, Anna, Lydia, Sally, Olive, Mahala, Mary, Nathan, Benjaman and Thomas - only the sons are living. Our subject married Betsey, daughter of Thomas and Christena Knight, of New Garden Township, Wayne County. She was born in 1809 and died in 1878, in Webster Township. They had a family of eight children - Harriet (deceased), Rachel, Hiram, Joel, Angeline (deceased), Elvira (deceased), Lucinda and Rhoda. In 1862 Mr. Puckett bought the farm in Webster Township, where he still resides. He is a member of the Society of Friends and has always been a liberal, public-spirited man.

John W. Tindall, son of George and Nancy (Brandt) Tindall, was born in Ohio in 1821. He was reared in his native State, near Lebanon, Warren County, and when thirteen years of age began learning the trade of a blacksmith, and worked at it till 1840. In March, 1841, he came to Wayne County, and settled in Webster Township, about a half a mile north of where he now resides. In 1853 he purchased 240 acres of wild land which he now has under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Tindall isa public-spirited man, taking an interest in anything that tends to the good of tne county, especially the cause of education. He was married Feb. 6, 1840, to Amanda, daughter of William and Rebecca (Kirby) Evans, and a native of Ohio, born in 1818. They are the parents of seven children - William E., Rebecca J., John T., Ella, Job, Sadie and Bud.

Jonathan R. Whitacre was born in Wayne County, Ind., Jan. 13, 1828. His grandfather, Samuel Whitacre, was born in Virginia about 1770. In 1816 he came to Indiana and settled in Richmond, and in 1832 removed to Randolph County, where he died at the age of seventy-four years. He hada family of ten children - John, William, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Levi, Samuel, Joseph, Rachel, Jonathan and Mary. Elizabeth is the only one living. William, the second child, was born Virginia about 1802 and came to Indiana with his parents. He was married in 1823, to Sarah Roberts. She was born in 1804 and died in August, 1836. Mr. Whitacre died the same month leaving five children - Mary Ann, Milton H., Jonathan R., Louisa and Rebecca. Our subject enlisted in 1862 in Company E, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry. He was wounded at Richmond, Ky., and lost a leg. In 1863 be was elected Recorder of Wayne County and filled the office eight years. He then removed to his farm in Webster Towaship, where he still resides. In 1880 he was assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, and at the organization of the Eighty-seventh Congress, was appointed Messenger on the soldiers' roll. Mr. Whitacre, was married Jan. 18, 1848, to Amanda M., daughter of Fridoline and Sarah A. Schlagle. She was born in Burlington County, N. J., Dec. 18, 1832. They have had a family of fifteen children seven of whom are living - William T., marrjed Emma Ensley; Fridoline L., married Alice Frazier; Joseph D., a clerk in the Pension Department, Washington; Philip S, Albert, Lucy and Sadie at home. Alfred L., Etta M., Samuel B., Mattie O., Franklin, Alice, Charles, and Laura are deceased.