HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY                      483

ond son and seventh child. In an early day John Salladay moved with
his family to Guernsey county, Ohio, from there to Noble county in the
same state and thence to Clay county, Indiana, in 1854, locating on what
is now the Salladay homestead in Jackson township. He bought two hun-
dred and eighty acres here, but later gave eighty acres to his son-in-law,
Jacob Barry, and with the aid of his sons he cleared about one hundred
and sixty acres of his farm and made many improvements. He later
bought one hundred and sixty acres adjoining the original purchase, and
he lived on this farm until his death at the advanced age of eighty years.
In his political allegiance he was first a Democrat and then a Republican,
and he was a valued and worthy member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church.
    William F. Salladay, a son of this well remembered Clay county
pioneer, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, December 26, 1839, and
received his education in the district schools of Jackson township, Clay
county, Indiana. On the 15th of November, 1863, he was married to
Lucy J. Fugate, who was born in Clay county March 24, 1842, a daughter
of another of the early pioneer farmers of Jackson township. Jahial
Fugate. They have had nine children, namely: Joseph; Carry, wife of
Frank Fields, of Terre Haute; Letha, wife of Frank Bemer, of Brazil;
Luetta, wife of S. J. Young, of Tangier, Indiana; Irena, wife of John
Ross, of Brazil; Mary, wife of William Stroble, also of Brazil; Bertha
and Clyda, both deceased; and William L., all of whom were born and
reared on the old Salladay homestead. Mr. Salladay is a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics has been a life-long supporter
of Republican principles. He also has membership relations with the
Methodist Episcopal church.

    BENJAMIN COPPOCK, ESQ.—Prominent among the active and re-
spected citizens of Lewis township is Benjamin Coppock, Esq., who has
spent the larger part of his business life in this section of Clay county,
and has materially assisted in developing and advancing its agricultural
growth and prosperity. A son of John Coppock, he was born, September
15, 1832, in Miami county, Ohio, of which his father was a pioneer.
    Born either in one of the Carolinas, or in Tennessee, John Coppock
settled in Ohio after his marriage, purchasing a tract of government land.
in Miami county. He cleared a part of his purchase, and was there em-
ployed in tilling the soil until 1836, when he came across the country
with a team to Indiana, intending to locate here. He spent some time in
looking about, but finding nothing that suited his fancy he returned to his
Ohio homestead, and was there afterwards happily and contentedly en-
gaged in general farming until his death, at the age of seventy-seven
years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Duncan, was born in
South Carolina, a daughter of Samuel Duncan, another early pioneer of
Miami county, Ohio. She survived him, dying at the advanced age of
eighty-one years. She had been married twice before marrying Mr. Cop-
pock. By her marriage with her first husband, Isaiah Pemberton, she
had one daughter, and by her second husband, Henry Neal, she had
three sons and one daughter. Her only child by her third marriage was
Benjamin Coppock, with whom this sketch is chiefly concerned.
    Leaving home at the age of ten years, Benjamin Coppock came to
Clay county, Indiana, to live with his half-borther, Thomas C. Neal, a
resident of Lewis township. The country roundabout was then in its