Excerpt from: Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana
Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Solomon Pence, one of the most highly respected residents of Richland, township, Grant County, Indiana, a member of the famous pioneer Pence family and an ex-soldier of the Civil War, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, May 27, 1830, and is a son of Lewis and Savilla (Norman) Pence.
Solomon Pence came from Pleasant township to Richland township, Grant county, in 1845.
In 1856, Mr. Pence first married Catherine Winchell, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Hart and Maria (Morris) Winchell. Mr.Pence, however,had misfortune, in 1861, of losing his wife, who died the mother of two children,namely: Mrs. Sarah Savilla Myers, of Nebraska, and Mary Melissa, now Mrs.John L. Druck, of Richland township, Grant county, Indiana.
Shortly after the death of his first wife Mr. Pence enlisted, in 1862, in Company A, Fifth Indiana Calvary, for three years or during the war, was mustered into the service of the United States at Indianapolis and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland;but he had taken ill while in Indianapolis and for a time was confined in hospital, yet when apparently convalescent went to the front, and, after serving his regiment for a short time in Kentucky,had a relapse, was sent to the hospital at Louisville, and was there honorably discharged for disability.
The second marriage of Mr. Pence took place in Richland township October 26, 1862, to Miss Mary Moss, who was born in Fayette County, Ohio, and is the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Arthurhultz) Moss....
To this second union of Mr. Pence was born one son, Ulysses Grant Pence, born in 1865, but was called away in June 1869.
Memorial for daughter Mary M. Pence Druck #9795141
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Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Solomon Pence, one of the most highly respected residents of Richland, township, Grant County, Indiana, a member of the famous pioneer Pence family and an ex-soldier of the Civil War, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, May 27, 1830, and is a son of Lewis and Savilla (Norman) Pence.
Solomon Pence came from Pleasant township to Richland township, Grant county, in 1845.
In 1856, Mr. Pence first married Catherine Winchell, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Hart and Maria (Morris) Winchell. Mr.Pence, however,had misfortune, in 1861, of losing his wife, who died the mother of two children,namely: Mrs. Sarah Savilla Myers, of Nebraska, and Mary Melissa, now Mrs.John L. Druck, of Richland township, Grant county, Indiana.
Shortly after the death of his first wife Mr. Pence enlisted, in 1862, in Company A, Fifth Indiana Calvary, for three years or during the war, was mustered into the service of the United States at Indianapolis and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland;but he had taken ill while in Indianapolis and for a time was confined in hospital, yet when apparently convalescent went to the front, and, after serving his regiment for a short time in Kentucky,had a relapse, was sent to the hospital at Louisville, and was there honorably discharged for disability.
The second marriage of Mr. Pence took place in Richland township October 26, 1862, to Miss Mary Moss, who was born in Fayette County, Ohio, and is the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Arthurhultz) Moss....
To this second union of Mr. Pence was born one son, Ulysses Grant Pence, born in 1865, but was called away in June 1869.
Memorial for daughter Mary M. Pence Druck #9795141
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Excerpt from: Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana
Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Solomon Pence, one of the most highly respected residents of Richland, township, Grant County, Indiana, a member of the famous pioneer Pence family and an ex-soldier of the Civil War, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, May 27, 1830, and is a son of Lewis and Savilla (Norman) Pence.
Solomon Pence came from Pleasant township to Richland township, Grant county, in 1845.
In 1856, Mr. Pence first married Catherine Winchell, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Hart and Maria (Morris) Winchell. Mr.Pence, however,had misfortune, in 1861, of losing his wife, who died the mother of two children,namely: Mrs. Sarah Savilla Myers, of Nebraska, and Mary Melissa, now Mrs.John L. Druck, of Richland township, Grant county, Indiana.
Shortly after the death of his first wife Mr. Pence enlisted, in 1862, in Company A, Fifth Indiana Calvary, for three years or during the war, was mustered into the service of the United States at Indianapolis and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland;but he had taken ill while in Indianapolis and for a time was confined in hospital, yet when apparently convalescent went to the front, and, after serving his regiment for a short time in Kentucky,had a relapse, was sent to the hospital at Louisville, and was there honorably discharged for disability.
The second marriage of Mr. Pence took place in Richland township October 26, 1862, to Miss Mary Moss, who was born in Fayette County, Ohio, and is the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Arthurhultz) Moss....
To this second union of Mr. Pence was born one son, Ulysses Grant Pence, born in 1865, but was called away in June 1869.
Memorial for daughter Mary M. Pence Druck #9795141
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Chicago, The Bowen Publishing Company, 1901.
Solomon Pence, one of the most highly respected residents of Richland, township, Grant County, Indiana, a member of the famous pioneer Pence family and an ex-soldier of the Civil War, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, May 27, 1830, and is a son of Lewis and Savilla (Norman) Pence.
Solomon Pence came from Pleasant township to Richland township, Grant county, in 1845.
In 1856, Mr. Pence first married Catherine Winchell, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Hart and Maria (Morris) Winchell. Mr.Pence, however,had misfortune, in 1861, of losing his wife, who died the mother of two children,namely: Mrs. Sarah Savilla Myers, of Nebraska, and Mary Melissa, now Mrs.John L. Druck, of Richland township, Grant county, Indiana.
Shortly after the death of his first wife Mr. Pence enlisted, in 1862, in Company A, Fifth Indiana Calvary, for three years or during the war, was mustered into the service of the United States at Indianapolis and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland;but he had taken ill while in Indianapolis and for a time was confined in hospital, yet when apparently convalescent went to the front, and, after serving his regiment for a short time in Kentucky,had a relapse, was sent to the hospital at Louisville, and was there honorably discharged for disability.
The second marriage of Mr. Pence took place in Richland township October 26, 1862, to Miss Mary Moss, who was born in Fayette County, Ohio, and is the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Arthurhultz) Moss....
To this second union of Mr. Pence was born one son, Ulysses Grant Pence, born in 1865, but was called away in June 1869.
Memorial for daughter Mary M. Pence Druck #9795141
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