Bartholomew-Washington County IN Archives Biographies.....Royse, Aaron 1818 - 1887
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

AARON ROYSE.

   Aaron Royse, who was one of the leading citizens of Nineveh township,
Bartholomew county, Indiana, was born in Washington county, Indiana, June 27,
1818, and was the son of William and Martha Royse, the former a native of New
Jersey and the latter of Kentucky. When quite young he was brought to Indiana
and grew to manhood on what was known as the Barnhill farm, in Nineveh township,
his parents being among the early settlers of Bartholomew county. When he was
sixteen years of age he lost his father, mother and one sister by the cholera,
and from that time until his twenty-third year he found employment as a farm
hand in various parts of the county. In January, 1839, he married Miss Elizabeth
Maguire, who was born in Clark county, Indiana, May 15, 1820, the daughter of
Francis and Mary (Johnson) Maguire. After his marriage Mr. Royse engaged in
agricultural pursuits in Nineveh township and, from a very meager beginning,
became in time one of the largest landholders in the county, owning at his death
five hundred acres here and two hundred in Illinois. He was one of the pioneers
of the county, and during his long residence he earned a reputation as an
upright citizen and honorable gentleman. He died in January, 1887. Thirteen
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Royse, namely: Hiram, Marietta, Henry,
Arinda, William, John, George, Lewis, Aaron, Albert, Alice and two who died in
infancy unnamed.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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