Lewis J. Pence was the son of Survilla (Norman) and Lewis Pence.
Excerpt from: Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana
Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Lewis J. Pence was reared in Ohio until his fifteenth year, when he came to Grant county, Indiana, with his parents, whom he assisted in clearing up the homestead in the woods, and partly cleared up the his own farm,which had been entered for him by a cousin, Samuel Long. Mr. Pence remained on the parental homestead until he was twenty-three years old and then settled on his own property, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and built himself a log cabin in the woods. This land he has since cleared off and put under a high state of cultivation, has erected upon it a handsome dwelling and substantial barns and other farm buildings, and now has one of the best farms in the county.
January 1, 1852, L.J.Pence married in Richland township, Miss Elizabeth Fisher, who was born in Union county, Indiana, and is a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moss) Fisher, who were born near Richmond, Virginia, early located in Union county, Indiana, and in 1848 came to Grant county, and bought a timber tract in Richland township, and wrought from the wilderness a profitable farm.
The children born to Lewis J. and Elizabeth Pence were: Mary S. (1852), David Monroe (1855), Theodore (1859), William (1860) and Amanda R. (1866).
Note: Census records for child, William, reflect date of birth as 1863.
***Memorials for children not yet linked to their father:
David Monroe Pence # 9795050
William Pence #9795173
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Excerpt from: Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana
Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Lewis J. Pence was reared in Ohio until his fifteenth year, when he came to Grant county, Indiana, with his parents, whom he assisted in clearing up the homestead in the woods, and partly cleared up the his own farm,which had been entered for him by a cousin, Samuel Long. Mr. Pence remained on the parental homestead until he was twenty-three years old and then settled on his own property, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and built himself a log cabin in the woods. This land he has since cleared off and put under a high state of cultivation, has erected upon it a handsome dwelling and substantial barns and other farm buildings, and now has one of the best farms in the county.
January 1, 1852, L.J.Pence married in Richland township, Miss Elizabeth Fisher, who was born in Union county, Indiana, and is a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moss) Fisher, who were born near Richmond, Virginia, early located in Union county, Indiana, and in 1848 came to Grant county, and bought a timber tract in Richland township, and wrought from the wilderness a profitable farm.
The children born to Lewis J. and Elizabeth Pence were: Mary S. (1852), David Monroe (1855), Theodore (1859), William (1860) and Amanda R. (1866).
Note: Census records for child, William, reflect date of birth as 1863.
***Memorials for children not yet linked to their father:
David Monroe Pence # 9795050
William Pence #9795173
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Lewis J. Pence was the son of Survilla (Norman) and Lewis Pence.
Excerpt from: Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana
Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Lewis J. Pence was reared in Ohio until his fifteenth year, when he came to Grant county, Indiana, with his parents, whom he assisted in clearing up the homestead in the woods, and partly cleared up the his own farm,which had been entered for him by a cousin, Samuel Long. Mr. Pence remained on the parental homestead until he was twenty-three years old and then settled on his own property, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and built himself a log cabin in the woods. This land he has since cleared off and put under a high state of cultivation, has erected upon it a handsome dwelling and substantial barns and other farm buildings, and now has one of the best farms in the county.
January 1, 1852, L.J.Pence married in Richland township, Miss Elizabeth Fisher, who was born in Union county, Indiana, and is a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moss) Fisher, who were born near Richmond, Virginia, early located in Union county, Indiana, and in 1848 came to Grant county, and bought a timber tract in Richland township, and wrought from the wilderness a profitable farm.
The children born to Lewis J. and Elizabeth Pence were: Mary S. (1852), David Monroe (1855), Theodore (1859), William (1860) and Amanda R. (1866).
Note: Census records for child, William, reflect date of birth as 1863.
***Memorials for children not yet linked to their father:
David Monroe Pence # 9795050
William Pence #9795173
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Excerpt from: Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana
Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Lewis J. Pence was reared in Ohio until his fifteenth year, when he came to Grant county, Indiana, with his parents, whom he assisted in clearing up the homestead in the woods, and partly cleared up the his own farm,which had been entered for him by a cousin, Samuel Long. Mr. Pence remained on the parental homestead until he was twenty-three years old and then settled on his own property, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and built himself a log cabin in the woods. This land he has since cleared off and put under a high state of cultivation, has erected upon it a handsome dwelling and substantial barns and other farm buildings, and now has one of the best farms in the county.
January 1, 1852, L.J.Pence married in Richland township, Miss Elizabeth Fisher, who was born in Union county, Indiana, and is a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moss) Fisher, who were born near Richmond, Virginia, early located in Union county, Indiana, and in 1848 came to Grant county, and bought a timber tract in Richland township, and wrought from the wilderness a profitable farm.
The children born to Lewis J. and Elizabeth Pence were: Mary S. (1852), David Monroe (1855), Theodore (1859), William (1860) and Amanda R. (1866).
Note: Census records for child, William, reflect date of birth as 1863.
***Memorials for children not yet linked to their father:
David Monroe Pence # 9795050
William Pence #9795173
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