Born Virginia, age at death, 71y9m10d. Married Magdelene Overley, Ross county, Ohio, married 2nd Lydia Ann camp, Aug 12 1860, and Aug 9, 1867, (see divorce records in Genealogy Library, Tippecanoe county, Indiana)
William was born in Virginia in the year 1797, of Scotch and Welsh ancestry. When he was four years old his father died, and from his twelfth year he was reared to manhood in Ross County, Ohio. He was there married to MAGDALENE OVERLY, a native of Ohio, and to them were born nine children, of whom five are living at the present time--JANE,their eldest daughter, first married JOHN IMMEL, and is now the wife of WILLIAM GIBSON, of Perry Township; MARY is the wife of MOSES COLE, of Washington Township; WILLIAM resides on the old homestead in Fairfield Township; MARGARET is the widow of SOSTHENES McCABE, of Missouri, and DAVID, although part owner of the homestead, lives in Washington Township. The deceased children are--ISAAC, who died at the old homestead in the fall of 1857, leaving a family; JOHN, died in Perry Township, also leaving a family; SARAH was the wife of ALLEN OVERLY, and NANCY, the youngest child, who was the wife of THOMAS HILT.
They make their home in Ohio, until October, 1843, when they immigrated to Tippecanoe County, bringing with them eight children. A married daughter came to the county in the fall of 1844. Their journey was made by wagon, no railroads being in that part of the country at that date. The father purchased 240 acres of wild land on section 12, Fairfield Township, the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Here he made a good home out of the forest, living on the land until his death, which occurred November 6, 1878. His wife died two years after coming to this State. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he at once identified himself with the latter with which he affiliated until his death.
William was born in Virginia in the year 1797, of Scotch and Welsh ancestry. When he was four years old his father died, and from his twelfth year he was reared to manhood in Ross County, Ohio. He was there married to MAGDALENE OVERLY, a native of Ohio, and to them were born nine children, of whom five are living at the present time--JANE,their eldest daughter, first married JOHN IMMEL, and is now the wife of WILLIAM GIBSON, of Perry Township; MARY is the wife of MOSES COLE, of Washington Township; WILLIAM resides on the old homestead in Fairfield Township; MARGARET is the widow of SOSTHENES McCABE, of Missouri, and DAVID, although part owner of the homestead, lives in Washington Township. The deceased children are--ISAAC, who died at the old homestead in the fall of 1857, leaving a family; JOHN, died in Perry Township, also leaving a family; SARAH was the wife of ALLEN OVERLY, and NANCY, the youngest child, who was the wife of THOMAS HILT.
They make their home in Ohio, until October, 1843, when they immigrated to Tippecanoe County, bringing with them eight children. A married daughter came to the county in the fall of 1844. Their journey was made by wagon, no railroads being in that part of the country at that date. The father purchased 240 acres of wild land on section 12, Fairfield Township, the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Here he made a good home out of the forest, living on the land until his death, which occurred November 6, 1878. His wife died two years after coming to this State. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he at once identified himself with the latter with which he affiliated until his death.
Born Virginia, age at death, 71y9m10d. Married Magdelene Overley, Ross county, Ohio, married 2nd Lydia Ann camp, Aug 12 1860, and Aug 9, 1867, (see divorce records in Genealogy Library, Tippecanoe county, Indiana)
William was born in Virginia in the year 1797, of Scotch and Welsh ancestry. When he was four years old his father died, and from his twelfth year he was reared to manhood in Ross County, Ohio. He was there married to MAGDALENE OVERLY, a native of Ohio, and to them were born nine children, of whom five are living at the present time--JANE,their eldest daughter, first married JOHN IMMEL, and is now the wife of WILLIAM GIBSON, of Perry Township; MARY is the wife of MOSES COLE, of Washington Township; WILLIAM resides on the old homestead in Fairfield Township; MARGARET is the widow of SOSTHENES McCABE, of Missouri, and DAVID, although part owner of the homestead, lives in Washington Township. The deceased children are--ISAAC, who died at the old homestead in the fall of 1857, leaving a family; JOHN, died in Perry Township, also leaving a family; SARAH was the wife of ALLEN OVERLY, and NANCY, the youngest child, who was the wife of THOMAS HILT.
They make their home in Ohio, until October, 1843, when they immigrated to Tippecanoe County, bringing with them eight children. A married daughter came to the county in the fall of 1844. Their journey was made by wagon, no railroads being in that part of the country at that date. The father purchased 240 acres of wild land on section 12, Fairfield Township, the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Here he made a good home out of the forest, living on the land until his death, which occurred November 6, 1878. His wife died two years after coming to this State. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he at once identified himself with the latter with which he affiliated until his death.
William was born in Virginia in the year 1797, of Scotch and Welsh ancestry. When he was four years old his father died, and from his twelfth year he was reared to manhood in Ross County, Ohio. He was there married to MAGDALENE OVERLY, a native of Ohio, and to them were born nine children, of whom five are living at the present time--JANE,their eldest daughter, first married JOHN IMMEL, and is now the wife of WILLIAM GIBSON, of Perry Township; MARY is the wife of MOSES COLE, of Washington Township; WILLIAM resides on the old homestead in Fairfield Township; MARGARET is the widow of SOSTHENES McCABE, of Missouri, and DAVID, although part owner of the homestead, lives in Washington Township. The deceased children are--ISAAC, who died at the old homestead in the fall of 1857, leaving a family; JOHN, died in Perry Township, also leaving a family; SARAH was the wife of ALLEN OVERLY, and NANCY, the youngest child, who was the wife of THOMAS HILT.
They make their home in Ohio, until October, 1843, when they immigrated to Tippecanoe County, bringing with them eight children. A married daughter came to the county in the fall of 1844. Their journey was made by wagon, no railroads being in that part of the country at that date. The father purchased 240 acres of wild land on section 12, Fairfield Township, the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Here he made a good home out of the forest, living on the land until his death, which occurred November 6, 1878. His wife died two years after coming to this State. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he at once identified himself with the latter with which he affiliated until his death.
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