New Garden Township (part 2 of 2)

Luke Thomas. - The Thom is family are of Welsh descent. The first of the family that came to this country settled in Maryland, and from there John Thomas, in 1870, then a young man,' moved to Guilford County, jST. C, and was soon after followed by his parents and the rest of their children. Tiiey settled on Pe Deo River, in Sjuth Carolina, near the boundary line of North Carolina. Their children were - Robert, a prominent minister of the Baptist church; Stephen; Sarah, who married Daniel Landman; Molly, married a Mr. Primrose; William; John; Lewis; Susannah, married a Mr. Matthews; Tristram, an officer in the Revolutionary war ; Philip; Benjamin; James, and Rebecca, who married aPoston. But little is known of the family save that they were intelligent and mdustrious. John Thomas, the progenitor of the family in Wayne County, married Molly Clark, a daughter of Francis Clark, of Guilford County, N. C. He was by trade a coopar, but soon afcer his marriage bought a farm, and became successful in that business. He erected a mill, which he carried on in connection with farming. Heb3came a member of the Society of Friends and reared his children in the same faith. At the time of the Revolution he was pressed into the service, but being opposed to war and bloodshed he refused to act except as comp3lled. Finding that he would >>e of no use to them, and believing that he would be of no harm, he was liberated. In 1791 or 1792, he moved to South Carolina and settled near his father, where he lived to see his children settled in life. His children that lived to maturity were nine in number - Isaac, John, Mary, Elijah, Stephen, Francis, Christiana, Benjamin and Sarah. Isaac married Rachel Knight. Their children were - Solomon, Betty,

Molly, Achsa, Eachel, John and Anna. John married Lydia Sneed. Their children were - Polly, Jesse, Anna, Hannah, Lydia, Henby, Huldah, Noah and William (twins). Elijah marrien Susannah Sneed. They had a family of eleven children - Daniel, Mary, Simeon, Samuel, Elijah, Milton, Henley, Sneed, Isaac, Susannah and John. Stephen married Hannah Mendenhall. Their children were - Mary, Sarah, Celia, Charles, Nancy, Lydia, Ann, Daniel and Cain. Benjamin married Anna Moorman. Their children were - Gulielma, Betty, Nathan, George, Hannah, Mary, Achsa, Clarke, Anna, Benjamin and Eli. Benjamin Thomas was a liberal contributor toward the buildinoj of the Union Literary School, near Spartansburg, Lid., and continued to be one of its supporters durinojlife. Mary married Moses Mendenhall. They had a family of six children - Francis, Alice, Mary, Rebscca, Dinah and Moses. Both parents died when the yoiHigest was an infant, thus leaving their children helpless and rather destitute. Christiana married Thomas Knight. Their children were - John, Benjamin, Solomon, Betsey, James, Rachel, Sarah, Manoah, Samuel, Ruth and Beulah. Sarah married Charles Baldwin and had ten children - Susannah, Thomas, Mary, Lindsey, John, Ahira, Abigail, Jane, Qiiincy and Sarah. Francis Thomas, the fifth son, was born in Guilford County, N. C, in 1781, and was ten years of age when his parents moved to South Carolina. He learned the carpenter's trade, and followed that and millwrighting several years. He spent four years in his native county, and there met Lydia Woodard, daughter of Luke and Sarah Woodard, of Wayne County, N. C, to whom he was married in 1807. He then settled on a small farm about ten miles north of Goldsboro, and carried on farming in connection with working at his trade, about four years. In 1811, a minister of the Society of Friends, Abel Thomas, visited the meetings of the society in North Carolina, and Francis Thomas became impressed that it was his duty to accompany him to some of the meetings. While awaiting preparation for starting j the minister advised him to move to the other side of the Ohio River. The idea meeting the approbation of Mr. Thomas, he consulted with his wife, who told him to do as he thought best. Accordingly he told her to tell the neighbors that they wished to sol. tl.e,r (arm and if possible find a purchaser before his return. H,s principal reason for leaving the South was the wish to take h,s children from the influence of slavery and intemperance. After an absence of two weeks he returned home, and the same day came a man with a basket of silver money suftcient to buy the farm. He immediately sold his personal effects and prepared to move. He went by the wav nm, and together with their wive, and two children each his w.fe's brother, Thomas Woodard, and a young man from Gn.ford County, they started on their jouniey. After !i" weeks ot travel they reached Richmond, Ind., and leaving Ms tam.ly attnehouseofafriendhe made his >yay from one ettler's house to another till he reached John Turner's. From there, gmded by his pocket compass, he went on tillT -^ached Nolan's Creek, one mile north of the present ste ^ Fountain City. Here he selected his land, L built a W bothers and two brothers-in-law, with their families, sold their homes in the South and moved to the new country H^ father died s,x weeks after reaching Indiana. Mr. T^ma

Matilda, Charlton, Michael William and Charles Francis. Lydia F. married Joseph B. Mills, and had six children - Amanda J., Francis, Clarkson, Farlay L., Absillit and Alva J^y, Isaac married Maholah Hadley. Their children were - Meashal Barkley, Mary Etta, Eli, Woodrow and Francis. He still resides on part of the old homestead. Clarkson married Sarah Jane Pitts, and also lives on part of the old liomestead. Luke Thomas was born in Wayne County, S. C, March 9, 1810. When eighteen years of age he began to work at the carpenter's trade, and the next two years hired a man to take his place on the farm. In the spring of 1830 he was married to Mildred Fulghum, daughter of Anthony and Mary Fnlghum. In November, 1830, he built a house near the residence of his father, which he still occupies. For eighteen years he worked at his trade, and being successful was enabled to open up a good farm, and for thirty-six years has given his attention to his farm. He has been an earnest worker in the Society of Friends. He and his sisters Mary and Absillit, and brothers John and Clarkson have been Elders in the church, and his brother Francis is a minister of much ability and influence. He has always been a liberal contributor to the church. He has attended different Yearly Meetings in the East and South and in Canada. He has served as committee-man in the publication of books and tracts; was one of the building committee on the New Garden Yearly Meeting-house and Earlham College. He had the care of the latter institution a number of years. He contributed liberally toward the building and maintenance of the Union Literary Institute, for colored people; the Indiana Manulabor Institute, for poor whites, and was also appointed by the Indiana Yearly Meeting a member of the committee to relieve the colored people during the Rebellion. That organization finally culminated in the Missionary Board, and built what is now known as South Land College, four miles i'rom Helena, Ark., and an institution at Marysville, Tenn., the latter under the care of the New England Yearly Meeting. In politics Mr. Thomas has never taken an active part, merely exercising his right to suflPrage. His children are seven in number - Mazanah married Franklin Haisley, of New Garden Township, and has had five children. Joseph married Anna Jane Hill, and lives in Rindolph County, Ind., five miles from Winchester. Ilis wife died a few years after marriage and he tlien married Mary Eoss. They have two children. William Petin married Cynthia gJane Hadley, and settled in IS'ew Garden Townsiiip. They have one child. Sarali married Thomas E. Connady, of Miami County, Ind. They have three children. Mary Ann married Amasa M. Jenkins. They first settled in Miami County, but afterward moved to New Garden Township, Wayne County. They have had six children. Lydia F. married James A. Hadley, of Richmond, Ind. Michael Lindley resides with his parents. All the children have retained their right of membership in the Society of Friends.

Alpheus TrueUood was born in Washington County, Ind., June 14, 1849, the third son of Joshua and Esther (Parker) Trueblood, natives of North Carolina, of English origin. He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools, completing his education at the Friends' high school of New Garden Township. Sept. 2, 1869, he was married to Almeda Baldwin, of Grant County. They have two children - Effie and Marietta. Two years after his marriage Mr. Trueblood moved to the place where he now resides. His farm contains seventy acres of well-cultivated land, and is located one mile southwest of Fountain City. Mr. Trueblood has been an active minister in the Society of Friends since 1882. His wife belongs to the same society.

Charles Henry W/iippo, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., May 22, 1830, the eldest son of John and Sarah M. (Lawrence) Whippo, and when five years of age came with his parents to Wayne County, Ind. They made the journey in a wagon and located near Dublin. He was reared on a farm. His early education was obtained in the common school, but he subsequently took up the study of the higher branches, including languages. After reaching hi^ majority he assisted in laying out the Indiana Central Railroad, following surveying one year. He then was engaged in the agricultural implement business as salesman, and subsequently was employed on the railroad three years. Jan. 3, 1856, he was married to Matilda, daughter of Robert S. and Rachel Preston, and in March, 1856, moved to Clay County, garet (Weaver) Williams. When five ears old he c lis father's family to Wayne C»"nty, n . ocatmg ^^_^^^^^ Township, where he was -red ami educate ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^

May 22, 1850, and May 20, 1852, he married Catherine Pear son a native of Miami County, Ohio, and a daughter oi Robert Pearson. Of the nine children born to them eidit are hv.n^^-Elizabeth M., Albert, Adaline, Caroline, Robert Dan.el, Mary, Alice and Edgar J. The eldest child, Alvah' died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Williams belong to the Society ot J^riends.

rP>?T wnr'^^^'"'''''' ^^^""^"'^ '°" ^^ Christopher and J^ancv (Pitts) Wilhams, was born March 6, 1855, in New Garde^ Township, Wayne Co., Ind. He was reared on a farm, re ceiving his education at the common schools, and at the a^e of seventeen years he began to teach school, which he followed ten years. Having a natural taste for music he educated himself in that art, and in connection with his other pursuits taught vocal and instrumental music. He was mar h1?%T' '?' ^E^^M-V^hterof Moses and Peninnah was elected Township Trustee, and was re-erected in April ^84 for a period of two years. He is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church, and his wife belongs to the bociety of Friends.

m Boston Township, miles south of where the city of fi.ehmo,,d ,s now located. Here he improved a farm ear ...g .t of fmber, and making a home for his childre,; He

',,, '"^- ""'«'<"««, the youngest and only surviving son Rachel (Kemp, Williams, was'born in B^unt t'Ounty Tenn., June 5, 1806, and was eight years of a^e when las parents moved to Wayne County. He was marriS ill 1828 to Kebecca Davidson, a native of Wayne County, [nd. They had six children, four of whom are living. His wiie died in 1841, and in 1842 he married Rebecca Scarce, also a native of Wayne County. To them were born seven children, four of whom are living. Mr. Williams worked at Ithe carpenter's trade till 1837, and then came to Fountain City, Iwhere he manufactured wagons and carriages till 1854. He then moved to Jo Daviess County, 111., and remained ten years, when he returned to Fountain City. He has been Assessor of New Garden Township for twenty years. He and his wife are members of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Cader Woodard, deceased, was one of the " pioneers " of Wayne County, Ind., and none are more worthy of mention in the history' of the county than he. He was born m Wayne County N. C, Nov. 1, 1787, a sou of Luke and Sarah (Parker) Woodard, of English descent. He was married in 1810' to Rachel Oatland, a native of Northampton County, N. C, born Dec 29, 1788, a daughter of Josiah and MiUicent Outland of Holland descent. Mrs. Woodard's grandfather was a minister of the Saciety of Friends. He died in 1804, aged seventy-five years. Her grandmother was an Elder of the church She died in 1802. Mr. Woodard came with his family,accompanied by his mother, to Wayne County, Ind m 1826, and purchased a farm on section 11, New Garden Township. His wife died May 7, 1841. They had a family of eleven children; ten ^rew to maturity, and six are still living 1884 In 1846 Mr. Woodard married Mrs. Sarah (Townsend) Stubbs. He was a man of strong will power, which, combined with intellectuality and integrity, made him a useful and respected citizen. He took great interest in education, giving his children all the advantages possible He and his faniny were active members of the Society ol Friends. Cornelius' J. Woodard, farmer and stock-raisei-, was born in Wayne County, N. C, March 15, 1823, --^^ ^adei- and Rachel COutland) Woodard. Coming to Indiana when but fhree years old he was reared and educated m Wayne County He remained on the farm assisting his parens when not engaged in teaching or going to school, till twenty- Le years ot^agl March 29, 1848, he was married to Sarah B urgess, a teacher, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Margaret (Wood) Burgess. Her father, a native of Maryland, and her mother, of Chester County, Pa., are of English descent. After his marriage Mr. Woodard resided on a farm near the old homestead. He then moved to the farm where he now lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Woodard have been born seven children, but five of whom are living - Charles, Thornas, Mary, Henry and Irvin E. The eldest, Eliza Jane, and the second youngest, Minnie, are deceased. Mr. Woodard has given his children good educational advantages, four of them having been teachers. He and his family are members of the Society of Friends. His wife an accredited minister in that church.

Luke Woodard,, farmer and minister. Fountain City, Ind., was born in Kew Garden Township, Wayne Co., Ind., March 12, 1832, a son of Cader and Rachel (Outland) Woodard. His early life was passed in his native county, he being reared to the life of a farmer. He was educated in the Friends' schools, at that day much above the average common school. April 14, 1853, he was married to Elvira Townsend. He re mained on the old homestead, continuing the life of a farmer Soon after his conversion he felt called to the ministry ol the gospel, and was oflScially recognized as a minister by the church authorities in 1862. From that time his atten tion was mostly given to his ministerial work. Besides laboring in the churches near his home, he made several journeys to all the States where Friends' churches were located, inchiding the New England, Southern, Middle and Eastern States. In many of these journeys his wife accompanied him. Many conversions were the result of their gospel labors. He resided with his family in Rochester, N. Y., in 1875, and for nearly two years, 1882-1884, in Toronto, Canada. In 1875 Mr. Woodard wrote and published a devotional work of nearly 400 pages, "The Morning Star." This found ready sale and soon passed through its second edition. While in Toronto he published " Gathered Fragments; or,Talks to Young People, Parents and Ministers," a book of nearly the same size as the first. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard have had four children - Leander J., born May 24, 1854; Mary Ellen, born Oct. 16, 1860; Alice, born July 14^ 1866j and an infant, deceased.

Source changes here: from Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond Indiana, by Hon. Henry Clay Fox, published 1912; 239 words in this source stream.

New Garden Township

New Garden Township

New Garden township was organized in 1817 and is one of the six original townships of the county. It is bounded on the east by Franklin township, on the south by Wayne and Center townships, on the west by Green township and on the north by Randolph county. A large proportion of the early settlers were Friends and were from North Carolina. The township received its name from the New Garden Meeting in Guilford county, North Carolina.

the early settlers who followed them were Jonathan Hough George Shugart, James and Joseph Dwiggins, Benjamin, John, Stephen and Isaac Thomas, Edward and Thomas Bal@win, Joseph Bond, William and Isaac Jessup, Andrew, Abraham and Jacob Hampton, Daniel Crampton, John Baldwin, Isaac Williams, Obediah Harris, Francis Thomas, Cader and Josiah Woodard, James Moorman, William and John Lacey, and Thomas, Jedediah and Edward Price. Among the early settlers of old Newport, now Fountain City, were Dr. Henry H. Way, Levi Coffin, Samuel Nixon, Joel Parker, Harvey Davis, Caleb Cowgill, and Jonathan Elam and Pleasant Unthank. The early settlers of Newport were mainly a positive, determined class of people, standing for modern reform.

The township has a great deal of very excellent land. Fountain City was laid out in 1818 and was first called New Garden; it was renamed Newport in 1834 and Fountain City in 1878. The first church in the township was the Friends' church, organized in 1813, and named New Garden Meeting.