Crawfordsville Review, June 12, 1886 - "Hon. Henry Lewis Roach, a prominent citizen living 7 mi. West of Alamo in Parke County, died at his home on Monday, May 17, 1886 at 7 o'clock p.m. of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Roach was born in Bath County, Kentucky November 21, 1817. His parents were John W. and Elizabeth (Morgan) Roach.
In the spring of 1828, in company with his parents, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio coming down the Licking River in a rude flat boat. They remained in Cincinnati for a short time and then moved to Rush County, Indiana in July 1828, stopping about 10 miles Southeast of Rushville. In the Spring of 1831 Henry set out on foot from Lauren, Indiana with 75 cents in his pocket to defray expenses to Parke County. He walked the entire distance, coming by way of Greenfield, Jamestown and Crawfordsville. After building a home for his father's family, he secured two teams of horses and returned to Rush County. He moved his father's family to Parke County in the summer of 1834.
In 1840 he bought his first tract of land in the unbroken forest and cleared out his farm, paying for it with money earned by building flat boats and running them down Sugar Creek to the Wabash River, receiving 62 1/2 cents a day.
Mr. Roach was married in Fountain County, Indiana on January 14, 1836 to Frances Allen, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Summers) Allen. Mrs. Roach died November 25, 1856. Mr. Roach then removed to Fountain County in March 1857. He was married a second time, May 19, 1857 to Mary A. Allen, widow of Elijah Allen and daughter of Judge M. Black of Fountain County. He was an active, energetic and useful citizen, an honest, true and respected neighbor, a kind and affectionate husband and father and a true Christian Gentleman.
Politically he was a Democrat until 1876 when he became identified with the Nationals. He, as a Democrat candidate, was elected from Fountain County to the state legislature in 1864 and served in that position with distinction and honor. He was a carpenter, farmer and stock dealer, a member of no church, but a firm believer in the religious doctrine of the Regular Predestination church and he died with a firm belief that he would receive a future reward of happiness, or as he expressed it, "I feel a rest of conscience that I have tried to do right and believe I will be justly dealt with after death." He was buried in Wolfe Creek Cemetery in Parke County, across the road from his home."
NOTE------ Children by first wife Frances Allen: Elizabeth, b 1837; Martha, b 1838; Thomas Dudley, b 1840; John W., b 1841; David Allen, b 1843; Mary Jane, b 1845; William Henry, b 1847; Anna, b 1850; Lewis Newton, b 1852 and Isaac Allen, b 1855. - Children by second wife Mary Ann (Black) Allen: Frances S., George W., Sarinda, Bertha S., Nellie and Charles.
In the spring of 1828, in company with his parents, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio coming down the Licking River in a rude flat boat. They remained in Cincinnati for a short time and then moved to Rush County, Indiana in July 1828, stopping about 10 miles Southeast of Rushville. In the Spring of 1831 Henry set out on foot from Lauren, Indiana with 75 cents in his pocket to defray expenses to Parke County. He walked the entire distance, coming by way of Greenfield, Jamestown and Crawfordsville. After building a home for his father's family, he secured two teams of horses and returned to Rush County. He moved his father's family to Parke County in the summer of 1834.
In 1840 he bought his first tract of land in the unbroken forest and cleared out his farm, paying for it with money earned by building flat boats and running them down Sugar Creek to the Wabash River, receiving 62 1/2 cents a day.
Mr. Roach was married in Fountain County, Indiana on January 14, 1836 to Frances Allen, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Summers) Allen. Mrs. Roach died November 25, 1856. Mr. Roach then removed to Fountain County in March 1857. He was married a second time, May 19, 1857 to Mary A. Allen, widow of Elijah Allen and daughter of Judge M. Black of Fountain County. He was an active, energetic and useful citizen, an honest, true and respected neighbor, a kind and affectionate husband and father and a true Christian Gentleman.
Politically he was a Democrat until 1876 when he became identified with the Nationals. He, as a Democrat candidate, was elected from Fountain County to the state legislature in 1864 and served in that position with distinction and honor. He was a carpenter, farmer and stock dealer, a member of no church, but a firm believer in the religious doctrine of the Regular Predestination church and he died with a firm belief that he would receive a future reward of happiness, or as he expressed it, "I feel a rest of conscience that I have tried to do right and believe I will be justly dealt with after death." He was buried in Wolfe Creek Cemetery in Parke County, across the road from his home."
NOTE------ Children by first wife Frances Allen: Elizabeth, b 1837; Martha, b 1838; Thomas Dudley, b 1840; John W., b 1841; David Allen, b 1843; Mary Jane, b 1845; William Henry, b 1847; Anna, b 1850; Lewis Newton, b 1852 and Isaac Allen, b 1855. - Children by second wife Mary Ann (Black) Allen: Frances S., George W., Sarinda, Bertha S., Nellie and Charles.
Crawfordsville Review, June 12, 1886 - "Hon. Henry Lewis Roach, a prominent citizen living 7 mi. West of Alamo in Parke County, died at his home on Monday, May 17, 1886 at 7 o'clock p.m. of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Roach was born in Bath County, Kentucky November 21, 1817. His parents were John W. and Elizabeth (Morgan) Roach.
In the spring of 1828, in company with his parents, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio coming down the Licking River in a rude flat boat. They remained in Cincinnati for a short time and then moved to Rush County, Indiana in July 1828, stopping about 10 miles Southeast of Rushville. In the Spring of 1831 Henry set out on foot from Lauren, Indiana with 75 cents in his pocket to defray expenses to Parke County. He walked the entire distance, coming by way of Greenfield, Jamestown and Crawfordsville. After building a home for his father's family, he secured two teams of horses and returned to Rush County. He moved his father's family to Parke County in the summer of 1834.
In 1840 he bought his first tract of land in the unbroken forest and cleared out his farm, paying for it with money earned by building flat boats and running them down Sugar Creek to the Wabash River, receiving 62 1/2 cents a day.
Mr. Roach was married in Fountain County, Indiana on January 14, 1836 to Frances Allen, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Summers) Allen. Mrs. Roach died November 25, 1856. Mr. Roach then removed to Fountain County in March 1857. He was married a second time, May 19, 1857 to Mary A. Allen, widow of Elijah Allen and daughter of Judge M. Black of Fountain County. He was an active, energetic and useful citizen, an honest, true and respected neighbor, a kind and affectionate husband and father and a true Christian Gentleman.
Politically he was a Democrat until 1876 when he became identified with the Nationals. He, as a Democrat candidate, was elected from Fountain County to the state legislature in 1864 and served in that position with distinction and honor. He was a carpenter, farmer and stock dealer, a member of no church, but a firm believer in the religious doctrine of the Regular Predestination church and he died with a firm belief that he would receive a future reward of happiness, or as he expressed it, "I feel a rest of conscience that I have tried to do right and believe I will be justly dealt with after death." He was buried in Wolfe Creek Cemetery in Parke County, across the road from his home."
NOTE------ Children by first wife Frances Allen: Elizabeth, b 1837; Martha, b 1838; Thomas Dudley, b 1840; John W., b 1841; David Allen, b 1843; Mary Jane, b 1845; William Henry, b 1847; Anna, b 1850; Lewis Newton, b 1852 and Isaac Allen, b 1855. - Children by second wife Mary Ann (Black) Allen: Frances S., George W., Sarinda, Bertha S., Nellie and Charles.
In the spring of 1828, in company with his parents, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio coming down the Licking River in a rude flat boat. They remained in Cincinnati for a short time and then moved to Rush County, Indiana in July 1828, stopping about 10 miles Southeast of Rushville. In the Spring of 1831 Henry set out on foot from Lauren, Indiana with 75 cents in his pocket to defray expenses to Parke County. He walked the entire distance, coming by way of Greenfield, Jamestown and Crawfordsville. After building a home for his father's family, he secured two teams of horses and returned to Rush County. He moved his father's family to Parke County in the summer of 1834.
In 1840 he bought his first tract of land in the unbroken forest and cleared out his farm, paying for it with money earned by building flat boats and running them down Sugar Creek to the Wabash River, receiving 62 1/2 cents a day.
Mr. Roach was married in Fountain County, Indiana on January 14, 1836 to Frances Allen, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Summers) Allen. Mrs. Roach died November 25, 1856. Mr. Roach then removed to Fountain County in March 1857. He was married a second time, May 19, 1857 to Mary A. Allen, widow of Elijah Allen and daughter of Judge M. Black of Fountain County. He was an active, energetic and useful citizen, an honest, true and respected neighbor, a kind and affectionate husband and father and a true Christian Gentleman.
Politically he was a Democrat until 1876 when he became identified with the Nationals. He, as a Democrat candidate, was elected from Fountain County to the state legislature in 1864 and served in that position with distinction and honor. He was a carpenter, farmer and stock dealer, a member of no church, but a firm believer in the religious doctrine of the Regular Predestination church and he died with a firm belief that he would receive a future reward of happiness, or as he expressed it, "I feel a rest of conscience that I have tried to do right and believe I will be justly dealt with after death." He was buried in Wolfe Creek Cemetery in Parke County, across the road from his home."
NOTE------ Children by first wife Frances Allen: Elizabeth, b 1837; Martha, b 1838; Thomas Dudley, b 1840; John W., b 1841; David Allen, b 1843; Mary Jane, b 1845; William Henry, b 1847; Anna, b 1850; Lewis Newton, b 1852 and Isaac Allen, b 1855. - Children by second wife Mary Ann (Black) Allen: Frances S., George W., Sarinda, Bertha S., Nellie and Charles.
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