Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Milburn, Henry 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 26, 2006, 12:52 am Author: John C. Odell (1916) HENRY MILBURN. On the broad, fertile prairies of Indiana today we find few of the old landmarks. The log cabin and barns, the wooden fences of various designs, the cumbersome plows, harrows, hand scythes and general farming implements of half a century ago, have gradually been replaced with modern homes and commodious barns, the rich fields are enclosed with wire fences and the old farm implements, once so necessary, have been supplanted with the modern farm machinery of today, with its many uses and rapid execution, and the lowlands and swamps of fifty years ago have been reclaimed and tiled. Transportation with oxen and horses has given place to railroad and interurban lines, which intersect Indiana in every direction. Henry Milburn was born on September 19, 1857, in Burlington township, on his father's farm, and is the son of James and Nancy (Crites) Milburn. James Milburn was born on March 3, 1811, in Summers county, West Virginia. In 1837, when twenty-one years of age, he removed to Carroll county, Indiana, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, for which he paid one thousand and fifty dollars. On this property where the buildings now stand, James Milburn cleared what the pioneers called the "deadening," on Wild Cat bluffs, then covered with fallen timber and stumps. After purchasing this property and making some improvements, he returned to West Virginia, remaining in the old home state for some time. While there James Milburn was united in marriage to Sarah Gwinn, and it was here that their two eldest children, Martha and Andrew, were born. Deciding to return to his farm in Carroll county, Indiana, the entire trip was made in a wagon. Further improvements on the farm were now necessary, and a log cabin was at once erected. Three children, Isaac, Elizabeth and Agnes, came to bless the home in Carroll county. In 1851 this happy home was visited by the grim reaper, and Sarah (Gwinn) Milburn was called, to her reward, and James Milburn lost a devoted wife. In 1855 James Milburn was united in marriage to Nancy Crites, who was born in Clinton county, Indiana, on the section where the city of Frankfort now stands. Three children were born of this union: Henry, living in Burlington township, Indiana; Marguerite, wife of William Lowman, and A. Lincoln, located in Burlington township, Indiana. Until 1866 James Milburn continued to live and farm on the place in Carroll county, Indiana, which he had purchased in 1837, returning to Virginia, where he was taken ill with typhoid fever and passed away. After the death of James Milburn, his widow Nancy (Crites) Milburn, was joined in wedlock to Joseph Pritchard, and to this union three children were born: Vincent Franklin, in 1870, and who now resides in Oklahoma; Minnie May, in 1873, living in California, and Arthur Elbert, in 1875, and now living in Oklahoma. Politically, Joseph Pritchard was affiliated with the Democratic party. Living at home, on his father's farm, until twenty-two years of age, Henry Milburn began to accumulate for himself and worked the farm of Rich Lowman on shares for two years, and on November 19, 1882, was united in marriage to Addie Lowman, the daughter of Isaac and Jane Low-man, of Democrat township, Indiana, Henry Milburn is a thrifty man of careful judgment and well-directed efforts. As an agriculturist and stock raiser, he has become prominent and is a man of advanced ideas and modern application. On January 1, 1883, he moved to the farm, which he had previously inherited, consisting of seventy acres of valuable land, located three and one-half miles from Burlington, Indiana, where he is now engaged in farming and stock raising; afterward purchasing one hundred acres more land. To Henry Milburn and Addie I. (Lowman) Milburn six children were born: James Fletcher, who lives at Burlington, Indiana; Ethel Maud, wife of Charles H. Colton; Basil Ray, who resides on a farm in Carrollton township, Carroll county; Tarrance Bruce, living at home; Curtis, deceased, and Martha J., who died in infancy. Politically, Henry Milburn is a Prohibitionist and in his fraternal connections, is a member of Wild Cat Lodge No. 311, Free and Accepted Masons, located at Cutler, Indiana. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Personally, Henry Milburn is a most affable, courteous gentleman, of the highest moral standing, and in civil life a stanch supporter of his own convictions, as evidenced in his unmistakable attitude on the liquor traffic and in his active connection with the Prohibition party. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Biographical Section of 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/milburn219nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb