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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

BENJAMIN D. ANGEL.

   Benjamin D. Angel was born in North Carolina, and was there married to Sarah
Davis, and to this union were born nine children, of whom the subject of this
sketch was one. His father, Charles Angel, lived in southern Virginia, and
married a Miss Washington, and from there moved to North Carolina in 1751.

   Benjamin D. Angel emigrated to Wayne county, Indiana, about the year 1815,
and was there married on September 16, 1815, to Elizabeth Odell, a daughter of
James Odell, Sr., who was born in South Carolina, June 2, 1797, and to this
union were born five children. Mr. Angel came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the
spring of 1825, and settled on land about one and one-half miles southeast of
Delphi, where he died on September 16, 1825, his death being the second
occurring among the first settlers. He left surviving, his wife and five
children, namely: Sarah, who was born in Wayne county, July 17, 1817, was
married to Rev. Nelson Gillam, in Carroll county, March 20. 1840, and died in
Marion, Indiana, February 16, 1863, and her husband died in Richmond, Indiana,
January 5, 1902; Samuel, born in Wayne county, October 4, 1818, and died
unmarried in Oregon, May 27, 1856; Charles, born in Wayne county, October 19,
1822, and died at his residence in Pittsburg, April 19, 1902; Ruth, born in
Wayne county, December 28, 1820, was married to George Bowman, in Carroll
county, September 18, 1848, and died in Monticello, September. 8, 1850; Mary,
born in Wayne county, October 8, 1824, and died unmarried in Carroll county in
1843.

   George Bowman died in Monticello, Indiana, November 30, 1894, The wife of
Benjamin D. Angel died on March 10, 1840. Benjamin D. Angel *^as the first
person buried in the family cemetery near his residence, where his wife and many
near relatives repose.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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