Jabez Reeves Farmstead

Daxiel T. Carter, of Center Township, was born in Fleming Count}', Ky., February 20, 1814, being the son of Henry and IMary (Green) Carter, the former of whom was born in Culpepper County, Va., in about 1776, and the latter was born in Virginia in about 1791. He was married in his native country to Miss Ellen B. Fitch, on the 30th day of November, 1843. She was the daughter of Henry and Matilda Fitch, the former of w'hom was born in Kentucky, September 13, 1794, and died November 14, 1S74; the latter was born in Kentucky, December 27, i799) ^nd died in August, 1864. In 1845, Mr. Carter moved hisfamil3'to Kushville, traveling by stage from Cincinnati, having but $5-°o ^^ his possession. His first work was in the harvest field at 62 cents per day, and he afterward assisted in the erection of many buildings in Rushville. Latter on, he rented a farm, and by hard work saved $4,000, with which he purchased a farm in Union Township. He is now the owner of a splendid farm in Center Township, all of which is due to his personal economy and industry. He and wife have had seven children as follow's: Mary I., born September 2, 1845; Robert B., born January 2, 1847, died October 28, 1S69; Henry F., born March 28, 1849; James M., born November 2, 1851; Martha E., born January 14, 1854; Alvin, born September 17, i860 and Charles M., born April 25, 1871. Mr. Carter's father was a soldier under General Anthony Wayne and died about i860. His mother died about 1856. In politics he is a Republican. He is a self-made man and a good citizen.

Passage source: History of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888.

James H. Foxwortht, of Center Township, was born in Fleming Oounty, Ky., April 4, 181 7. He was the son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Calvert) Foxworthy, the former of whom was born in Virginia, being the son of William and Clarissa Foxworthy, and the latter was the daughter of Landon and Ann Wood Calvert. He was reared upon a farm in his native count}^ and continued with his parents until he became of age. For a number of vears thereafter he was engaged as a farm hand in Fleming and Mason counties, Ky. In the fall of 1S46, he came to Rush County, and during the following winter he taught public school in Center Township. In the fall of 1S47, he returned to Kentucky and was engaged as a teacher in Lewis County during the w^inter which followed. In the fall of 1S48, he went to St. Francis County, Ark., thence, in company with his uncle, Stephen Calvert, to New Orleans. In the spring of 1S49, he returned northward to Fleming County, Kv., and a month or so later he again came to Rush Countv, in which he has chieflv resided ever since. He was married September 12, 1849, to Miss Cynthia A. Barrett, who w'as born in the State of Virginia, January 21, 1822, being the daughter of Rev. Samuel and Clarissa (^McCoinnias) Barrett, both of whom were also natives of Virginia, the former being the son of Edward and Esther Barrett, and the latter being the daughter of William and Dicy McCommas. Mr. and Mrs. Foxworthy entered upon their married life in Knightstown, and during the winter of 1S49 and 1S50, Mr. Foxworthy taught school in Ripley Township. In the spring of 1852, they removed to their present home in Center Township, which they occupied ever since. The whole attention of our subject since then has been given to agricultural pursuits, and in this connection his labors have been attended with a reasonable degree of success. He and wife have had two children: Mary F., now the wife of Robert T. Overman, of Knightstown, and Anna D., now the wife of Hon. Thomas M. Green, of Rushville. Mr. and Mrs. Foxworthy are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In her earlier life, Mrs. Foxworthy taught public school four terms - two of which were in Knightstown, and two in Ripley Township, this county. In politics, Mr. Foxworthy is a Republican. He has a farm of sixty acres, which is fitted up with a good residence and is otherwise substantially improved. He is an industrious and successful farmer. The grandmother of Mr. Foxworthv, Mrs. Ann Wood Calvert, was a relative of Lord Baltimore.

Passage source: History of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888.

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