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was married in 1839 to Annie Jane, daughter of Josiah Unthank, and settled in Newport, Wayne Co., Ind. In 1849 he moved to Spiceland and built the first steam saw-mill in the place. He engaged in various kinds of manufacturing pursuits ten years, and then engaged in the store and tinware business four years. He was Postmaster of Spiceland four years. He was engaged in the manufacture of pumps and washing machines with his son Kobert F two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Porch were born four sons - ,

Alpheus Bayle, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in ^'""ord County, N. 0., Nov. 2, 1837, the second son of Zadoo and Delilah (Hunt) Rayle. He was seven years of age when his parents moved to Spiceland, and since that time has been a native of the township, receiving his education in the Spiceland schools He was married Nov. 27, 1862, to Euth Emily, daughter of William and Elizabeth Edwards, and a native of Henry County. She ^ed June 8, 1879, leaving one son - Harmon H. Dec. 27, 1883, Mr.

Mr. Rayle owns 130 acres of finely cultivated land which is a part of the old homestead. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Republican.

William H. Rayle, farmer and stock-raiser, Spiceland Township, was horn in Guilford County, N. 0., Sept. 30, 1841, a son of Zadoc and Delilah (Hjmt) Rayle, and was three years of age when his parents came to Indiana. He was reared and educated in Spiceland Township, remaining with his parents hll manhood.

Hamilton County, a mile north of Eagletowii, which he sold five years later and bought one of eighty-five acres in Spiceland Township, Henry County, where he has sihoe resided. He lias added to his farm till he now owns 152^ acres of finely cultivate land. He was engaged as a public auctioneer for nineteen years and in this work lost his health. He was married Nov. 14, 1867, to Julia Stalker, daughter of Thomas and Sallio (Milliken) son of George Raj'le, a native of Ireland, and Charles Cannada, of North Carolina. He received a common-school education and when eighteen years of age began to learn the hatter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of two and a half years. He worked at his trade ten years and then bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits till 1.815, when he came to Henry County, Ind., and bought 115 acres of fine land in Spiceland Township, where he followed farming till 1879, when he moved to Spiceland and has since lived rather retired. He has a good property gained by his own exertions, and is a prominent and infiuential citizen. He was married July 16, 1829, to Delilah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Griffin) Hunt, and to them were born nine children, four of whom are living - Addison C., Alpheus, William H. and Samira F. The deceased are - Julia A., P«*ftina, Thomas E., Harmon K. and George W. Mrs. Rayle died April 4, 1874. May 4, 1876, Mr. Rayle was married to Isabella A., daughter of Absalom and Mary T Rod son) Poei', who came to Henry County from North Carolina in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Rayle are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Rayle is a strictly temperate man, never having used tobacco or spirituous liquors in an}" form.

Job Reynolds^ deceased, was born in Randolph County, N. C., May 14, 1794, a son of Francis and Sarali Reynolds, natives of North Carolina, of English origin. He was 1814, to Fhcebe Hocket, daughter of Mahlon Hocket. Hergreatgrandmother was stolen from her parents in Ireland and brought to America and sold, never seeing her friends again. Mr. Reynolds followed milling a number of years, meeting with success. He afterward built an iron foundry which he carried on till his removal to Indiana in November, 1839. He located in Newport, Wayne County, where he bought a half interest in a fioiiring mill, Five years later he sold out and moved to what was known as the New Garden settlement and purchased a water-mill which he owned six years. He then moved to Ogden, Henry County, and bought a fiour-mill, which he owned till his death in 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds had a family of fourteen children; eleven lived till maturity. Job Reynolds and wife were born in Friends' Society, called Quakers; remained in that denomination as long as they lived; his wife was a minister of the gospel. She died in 1881.

Jacob Taylor^ one of the most enterprising men of Henry County, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, May 5, 1828, a son of Jesse and Deborah (McMillan) Taylor, his father a native of Penn- sjlvania, and his mother of Ohio. His grandfather, Jacob Taylor, came from England and settled in Pennsylvania and subsequently moved to Clinton County, Ohio. His maternal grandparents, David and HannalifMcMillan, were of Irish descent. His parents removed to Indianapolis, Ind., from Ohio, and while on a visit to Richmond, Ind., died, his father only three months before his mother. He remained with his parents till manhood, ^and when twenty years of age bought his time ot his father and bought a farm in his native county, remaining there till 1854:, when he came to Henry County and settled in Spiceland Township, where he has since resided. He has always been among the foremost to advance anything of interest to the county; was one of the prime movers in the introduction of pike roads. He was one of a company who imported short-horned cattle to the county of Clinton, Ohio, and for many years was extensively engaged in stock-raising. He was married Hov. 20, 1851, to Sarah, daughter of George and Mary (Hasket) Evan^ who were pioneers of Henry County. They have had six children; but three are living - Jesse Frank, a farmer near Spiceland; Ella, wife ot Dr. William H. Wilson, of Richmond, and Oliver P., of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Society of Friends.

Edward Y. Teas, proprietor of the Dunreith nursery, was born in Union County, Ind., March 8, 1830, a son of Thomas S. and Sarah C. (Strattan) Teas. Afcer completing his education he was sent to Kansas by the Richmond Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends and spent two years teaching the Indians. He then returned to Henry County and became established in the nursery business. Six or seven years later he went to Indianapolis and was in the same business there, and at Richmond, Ind., till August, 1876, when he came to Dunreith and established his present place of business. He has had over thirty years' experience and is one of the most successful nurserymen in the county. He was married in 1854 to Maria, daughter of James and Ann Given, natjx&- of Danville, Ind. She died in 1863 leaving two children - Ellen M. and William S. In 1866 Mr. Te^sFggJJAed Mrs. Sarah A. Coffin, daughter of Amos and Matild^sfe^ They have three children - Frederick E., Mary M. ancTFrank II. Mr. and Mrs. Teas are members of the Society of Friends.

Thomas S. Teas, deceased, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1792, a son of John and Rachel (Nicholson) Teas, the former a native ot Ireland, who came to America before the Revolutionary war, and the latter a native of New Jersey, of English descent He learned the carpenter's trade in his native city, and soon after reaching his majority came to Indiana and worked at his trade a year. He then loaded a flat-boat with bacon and flour and took it to Hew Orleans, and from there to the West Indies, where he sold Ws cargo and returned to Philadelphia. Soon after he again came West and was married in Preble County, Ohio, to Sarah 0 Strattan, daughter of Eli and Eunice (Dallas) Strattan, natives of Hew Jersey , of English descent. After his marriasre he settled in Union County, Ind., and built the first oil-mill in Indiana. He remained there several years and then bought a farm adjoining Eichmond where he lived till 1834, when he came to Henry County and built the Spiceland Flour-Mills and engaged in milling till his death m 1850. His wife survived him about twenty-one years. They had a family of six children - John C., Edward ^., Martha D., Rachel (deceased), Eunice (deceased), and Thomas S. Mr. and Mrs. Teas were members of the Society of Friends, he being Clerk of the Spiceland Quarterly Meeting a number of years. ^

Francis W. Thomas was born in Hew Garden Township, Wayne Co., Ind.-, Jan. 15, 1823, a son of Francis and Lydia (Woodard) Thomas, natives of Horth Carolina, who came to Indiana in 1811 and settled in Wayne County. They were worthy members of the Society of Friends. Our subject received his early education in the subscription schools, and afterward, by studying at home, fitted hmaselt for a teacher. He afterward began preaching for his society and has been a leader of the Friends for many years. He hved in Randolph County several years, and in 1865 came to Henry County and bought the farm where he now resides In 1869 he organized a church at Dunreith. He has visited Indiana, Iowa and Kansas in the] interest of ministerial work. He has been a very useful man in the church and community, taking an interest in every thing of public benefit, especially religious and educational matters. He was married July 21, 1843, to Eebecca, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Corbet. They have had five children - Jeremiah, Mary Matilda, Carleton, Michael W. and Charles Francis.

Josiah T. Unthank, Trustee, Spiceland Township, is a native of this township, born April 23, 1837, the youngest son of William B. and Rebecca (Hiatt) Unthank. When seventeen years of age he began to work at the carpenter's trade, serving an appren- ticeship of two years. In 1856 he went to Iowa and located in Pella, Morrison County, remaining there a year. He then returned to his native town and worked at his trade till 1871, when he went to Kichmond, Wayne County, and manufactured coffins till 1875, when he went to Indianapolis, and shortly after returned to Henry County, and was employed as foreman of the Union Burial Case Company for two years. He then came to Spiceland and worked at his trade until 1882, when he was elected to the office of Trustee. He was married March 27, 1861, to Susan B., daughter of Joseph and Ann (Gausel Hunt. They have had three children; but one is living - Josie. Eva and Morrison are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hnthank are members of the Society of Friends.

David L. Vickrey was born in Rush Countj^, Ind.,Feb. 7, 1832, the sixth of sixteen children of Martin and Margaret (Galbreath) Yickrey, his father a native of Guilford County, N. C., of English descent, and his mother a native of Kentucky, a daughter of David Galbreath, who was a native of Scotland, and came to America when a young man, settling in Kentucky, but subsequently moved, with his family, to Wayne County, Ind. Our subject remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a commonschool* education. April 25, 1855, he was married to Tabitha J.

natives of Yirginia, but among the earliest settlers of Henry County. Ind. After his marriage Mr. Yickrey bought eighty acres of land in Rush County, giving his note in payment. In seven years he had his land paid for and sold it and bought a farm in Franklin Township, Henry County, where he lived till 1882, when he traded it for the place where he now resides, moving his family to it Dec. 12, 1882. His farm contains 240 acres of fine land. Mr. and Mrs. Yickrey have nine children - Margaret E.,

Lydia E., Omas F., Addie B., Emma Y., Curtis, Isaac, Amos and Martin. They are members of the Baptist church. Politically Mr. Yickrey is a Democrat.

White. He was married in his native county to Louisa Bundrem. and in 1828 they came to Indiana and settled in Henry County, where he entered 160 acres of land in Wayne Township. He afterward traded this farm for one near the present site of Spiceland, which he cleared and improved. He also taught school several terms, and was one of the first teachers in the county. He was one of the most enterprising men of the county, and a prominent member of the Society of Friends, an Elder of the society. He accumulated a good property and gave his children a good education.

He died Aug. 4, 1840. His wife remained in the township four or five years, and then went to Hamilton County and from there ^ to Minneapolis, where she died in April, 1881, aged eighty-three years. They had a family of nine children - M. C., Lil^urn, Jesse ^ (deceased), Martha, Mordecai, Aletta C., Catherine, Gamaliel (deceased) and Isaac.

James White^ farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Perquimans County, H. C., Aug. 26, 1826, a son of Caleb and Mary White, who came to Henry County, Ind., in 1835, and settled in Wayne Township, near Knightstown, where our subject spent his youth, attending the subscription schools, and later attended Earlham College, Richmond. In 1854 he took a herd of cattle to Illinois and remained there two years. With this exception he has made his home in Henry County. After his return to the county he bought a farm in Spiceland Township, where he has since lived.

He was married Hov. 25, 1858, to Jemima D., daughter of Elias and Judith (Mendenhall) H^ley, natives of North Carolina, who settled in Rush County, Ind., in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. White have had ten children; but six are living - Mary E., Elias H., George

E., Sibyl J., Francis C., Clara A. The deceased are - Nereus, Caleb, Miles Oren and Margaret Orianna (twins). Mr. White and his family are members of the Society of Friends.

Lilburn White^ son of Isaac and Louisa (Bundrem) White, was born in North Carolina, March 21, 1821. He was seven years of age when his parents came to Henry County, and spent his youth on his father's farm. When he was twenty years of age his father died, and this left the care of the mother and younger children to him and his elder brother. He was married April 18, 1841, to Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Snmll, of Henry County. In 1845 he moved to Hamilton County, and in 1871 returned to Henry County. He has been a Notary Public for twenty years and in the meantime has settled sixty large estates. His wife died in ,1854. They had four children - Ehoda and Jane (deceased), Aletha A. and Abigail. In 1856 Mr. White married Adelia H. Barnes. They had one child, Romanzo, who died when nine months old. Mrs. White died in September, 1877, and in August, 1879, he married Martha Ann, daughter of Solomon Macy. Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Society of Friends.

Robert H. Whiteley^ farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Caroline County, Md., Aug. 27, 1815, the eldest son of William and Frances (Newman) Whiteley, also natives of Maryland. When he was nine years old his father died and he lived with his uncle, Daniel Whiteley, five years. When fourteen years of age he began working for farmers by the year, receiving $24 for his first year's work. In 1839 he came to Indiana and located in Milton, Wayne County, where he worked on the canal a short time. In 1846 he came to Henry County and bought forty acres of land in Spiceland Township, where he has since lived, and by economy and industry has accumulated a valuable property, owning at the present time 147 acres of fine land. He was married Jan. 2, 1837, to Jane, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Cockran) Woolen. They have had twelve children; all lived to maturity and married; eleven are still living - Frances Ann, Mary Elizabeth, George Calvert, Laura Jane (deceased), William Henry, Jacob W., Alexander C., Ruth Hannah, Sarah Catherine, John A., Alice O. and Martha M. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteley are members of the Society of Friends.

Jethro Wickersham^ one of the most prominent pioneers of Henry County, was born in Union County, Ind., April 9, 18*23, a son of Caleb and Eunice (Folger) Wickersham, natives of North

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Carolina, Ae father of Guilford County and the mother of Stokes County. His paternal grandfather, Wickershara, was a natiye of Pennsylvania, of English descent. His maternal grandfether, Latham Folger, was also of English descent, a native of antucke^ and came to Indiana with his family in 1820, settling in Union County. Caleb Wickersham left North Carolina for Indiana in 1813. He followed the cabinet-maker's trade in North Carolina, but after coming to Indiana engaged in farming. He remained in Union County till 1831 and then moved to Henry County and settled on a farm in Franklin Township, where he died m 1872, aged nearly ninety-three years. His wife died in 1846 He was a good business man and accumulated a large property owning a landed estate of 1,000 acres. Jethro Wickersham eight years of age when his parents moved to Henry County. He remained with his parents till his marriage and then settled on a farm in Franklin Township. In the fall of 1882 he moved to bpiceland, where he is now living rather retired from active business. He has been successful in his business pursuits and is now one of the most influential men of the county. Mr. Wickersham was married May 25, 1843, to Mary Stewart, a native of Wayne Coun ty, Ind., a daughter of S. W. Stewart, a native of New Jersey , but an early settler of Wayne County, who moved to Henry County in 1828. To Mr. and Mrs. Wickersham were born five children - Huldah, wife of Benjamin S. Parker: Louisa; Arthur; Emma, wife A L. Binford, of Washington Territory; and Eunice, deceased. Mrs. Wickersham died Ang. 29, 1878. Mr Wickersham is politically a Eepnblican, and has taken an active interest in all great questions of public interest, especially anti-slavery and prohibition. He is a member of the Society of Friends.

WiUmm W. Wiggins, Postmaster and druggist, Ogden, Ind. was born in Eush County, Ind., Nov. 20, 1856, a son of Joseph F. and Hannah (Morris) Wiggins. His father was a native of Kentucky, and, as was also his father, David Wiggins, was prominently identified with the early settlement of Eush County. His mother was born in Spiceland Township, Henry County, a daughter of the late Benjamin Morris, a prominent pioneer of the county. The early part of the life of onr subject was spent on the farm and in attending school.^ He then engaged in the lumber trade in Ogden, which he continued successfully three years. In June 1882, he purchased his drug store, and the same month received the appointment of Postmaster. Oct. 15, 1879, he was married

July 5, 1808, the eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Cooper) Williams who were of Welsh descent. When he was ten years of a^ce his parents moved to Belmont Connty, Ohio, where his father worked at the tailor's trade which he had learned in his youth.

Williams was married Oct. 28, 1829, to Abjgail, daughter oiaJ- n , Joseph and Elinor (Pickering) Holloway, natives of Yirgmia. in 1836 they came to Henry County and bought 180 acres of par- Vn (J tially improved land, to which he afterward added eighty acres Mr. Williams was an energetic man and took great interest in all his work. He was a successful farmer till 1864, when he became an invalid, and after thirteen years of suffering died April 20,

1877 He was an enthusiastic worker for the cause of Christianity, being a member of the Society of Friends, as is also his wife He was Clerk of the Quarterly Meeting at Spiceland twenty-one years in succession. He was County Commissioner several terms, and Township Trustee many years. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born nine children; but five are living-Sarah, Han-

"^^HeTr7coVntyrind., July 14, 1841, the second son of Jason and Abigail (Holloway) Williams. When he was eleven years of age he received alevere cut with a scythe, and about four years later caucht his fingers in the cogs of a cider-mill, breaking three of them Previous to this he had a severe attack of diphtheria, which resulted in the loss of his palate. When twenty^ne years of age he rented his father's farm aud borrowed $200 which he invested in fine sheep. At the end of 9. successful year he went to Blountsville and engaged in the drug business two years. He then moved to Greensboro, and five years later to Lewisville, where he remained six years. He then bought the farm where he has since resided, in the southwestern part of Spiceland Township, containing eighty acres of fine land. He makes a specialty of raising Poland China hogs. Sept. 29, 1872, Mr.Williams was married to ,0. LouDl!^erns, a native *of Randolph County, N. C., born May

William G. Williams was born in Henry County, Ind., Hov. 22, 1843, the third son of the late Jason and Abigail (Holloway) Williams. He was reared on a farm, attending school at Spiceland. He remained on his father's farm till the fall of 1879, when he bought eighty acres of fine land where he has since resided. He has made a specialty of raising Poland China hogs, and has demands from all parts of the West, being unable to supply the number called for. In 1883 he took the prize, a silver pitcher, offered by the Indiana Farmer for the three best hogs shown at the fair. Mr. Williams was married Jan. 2, 1868, to Annie W., daughter of Abijah and Deborah (Wilkinson) Steddom. He and his wife are members of the Society of Triends. Tttf C/K

Source changes here: from Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906, by Hazzard, George, published 1906; 969 words in this source stream.

U. S. Railway Mail Sern'Ice

The following is a list of persons appointed to the U. S. Railway Mail Service from Henry County, showing the town from which appointed, the date of original appointment and, unless still in the service, the date of exit from the service :

SELDEN R. McMEANS. Appointed from New Castle, June 24, 1884. Out of the service November 9, 1886. Re-appointed October 17, 1889. Died in the service February 19, 1902.

Statement By The Author

The fame of the Nation's distinguished soldiers is perpetuated in National History and it is no less fitting- that the memories of the humbler soldiers of the Republic should be preserved in the annals of their particular communities. The generation which participated in the great Civil War is passing awa}-. In a few years the muffled drum-beat will sound the requiem of the last soldier of that war, and the only record of duty well done by so many of them will be buried in the oblivion of incomplete and inaccurate State archives.

To preserve the gallant deeds of the fathers as an inspiration to the sons, should be the care of every community in the Union. It is now almost too late to gather the personal relations of the tors in that conflict and the work undertaken in these pages by the author could not be again accomplished. The military record of every known Henry County soldier and sailor has been ascertained and in many instances, the official printed record' of the Adjutant General of the State has been corrected by the recollections of the soldier himself or his comrades, and by documentary evidence still in existence. In other instances, however, the official printed record of the Adjutant General of the State is the only evidence of a soldier's service procurable at this late day. Those records consist of eight volumes of seven hundred pages each, and contain, approximately, the names of two hundred thousand soldiers, besides much other printed matter. In so far as they relate to Henry County, at least, there are many errors. This is easily explained by the fact that soldiers' names vary for dififerent enlistments, leading to a confusion of identity, in many cases impossible to straighten out except from personal knowledge. For instance a supposititious soldier named James Clinton Smith may be recorded in one place as "James C. Smith," and in one or more other places as "J. C. Smith" or "C. Smith" or "J. Smith." Because of its magnitude and the hurry with which it was compiled, immediately after the Civil War, the work contains many similar inaccuracies. It is, however, the only printed record of Indiana's part in the great conflict and must remain of inestimable value, and the record of no county of the State in the Civil War can be completed without making it the foundation.

In order that a generation which has grown up since the Civil W^ar may have a more vivid conception of the thoughts and feelings which stirred their fathers' youth, and of the lives of American soldiers, the author has taken in hand the preparation of an account of those things most necessary to a full understanding of the war between the States. The threads and strands of County. State and National life are so intimately interwoven that an account of one cannot well be given without extended reference to the others. A general view of Federal and

State interests is, therefore, given, beginning with an account of Indiana's "Great War Governor," who contributed so mightily to the preservation of the Union, and then describing the development of the conflict ; the life of the soldier : the part of the negro soldier in the conflict; and statistical information, which, if not of interest to the casual reader, it is hoped may prove of value to students of the military affairs of the country.

Henry County's contribution is found in the rosters of her soldiers in the different batteries and regiments and in the history of each as set forth in this volume. Biographical mention of some of her worthy soldiers and citizens follows the history of the regiment to which they belonged.

Soldiers of other States, who have moved to Henry County since the Civil War, and soldiers of the county, who went to other States to enlist, are properly enumerated and their record of service stated. Soldiers and sailors in the Regular Army and Navy, during and since the Civil War; West Point and Annapolis Cadets; Morgan Raid Minute Men; and soldiers of the Spanish- American War, all find mention in the pages of this History. Soldiers of the Revolutionary War and of the War of 1812-15, who found homes in Henry County, subsequent to those wars, and Mexican War soldiers, so far as known, are commemorated. The rosters of the different Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic in Henry County are also given in detail. All matters relating to the military history are embraced in the several chapters, succeeding the Chapter on "Postofifices and Postmasters," and preceding the Chapter on "The First Settlers of Henry County," with which the Civil History begins.

The Roll of Honor for the County which is believed to contain the name and place of death and burial of every soldier of the county, who lost his life in the service of the Republic, is a feature of this work to which the author has devoted especial attention.

For the reason that all of the matters, above enumerated, are printed in this History, preceding any reference to the Civil History of the county, except the Chapter on Postoffices and Postmasters, the work is appropriately entitled, "Military Edition."

The author felicitates himself upon the fulfillment, however imperfectly, of a labor undertaken in behalf of the memorv of his comrades of the Civil War.