Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Pickard, Thomas 1812 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   THOMAS PICKARD was born in Chatham County, N. C, March 1, 1812, but when
sixteen years old removed with his parents, Henry and Nancy (Petty) Pickard, to
Smith County, Tenn. In 1831, he came to Greene County, Ind., and settled in
Highland Township, which at that time was a wild and unsettled country. Until
his marriage with Lucretia Johnson in 1834, he made his home with his parents,
but since then has been doing for himself. Although he began life a poor boy, by
industry and economy, and with the aid of a loyal and loving wife, he struggled
along with the adversities of life until he accumulated a competency. The 300
acres he secured, he has deeded to his children, although it is under his
control until his death. His wife, who was in every sense of the word a
helpmeet, was motherly in her regard for the friendless, and possessed of many
of the virtues that were characteristic to our pioneer women. She died September
25, 1873, and lies sleeping in the family burying ground. By Mr. Pickard she was
the mother of five sons and five daughters, all of whom were raised to years of
maturity, and seven of whom are yet living. These children were: Josephus. Emily
J., James, Isaac. Thomas J., Bluford, Mary, Lucretia, Ellen and Hester Ann. Mr.
Pickard is one of the few remaining of our old pioneers: has been a lifelong
Democrat is a member of the Christian Church, and has liberally contributed from
his means in the support of all laudable public enterprises. Now, as the evening
of his life is drawing toward its close, he can cast a retrospective look
backward over his past life—a life fruitful of years of sowing and reaping, of
want and plenty, and toil and privations—and with his more than threescore and
ten years has no regrets for the past, but plenty of hopes for the future. He
has gained many friends and few enemies, and it is earnestly hoped that he will
continue to live many years in the full enjoyment of a well-spent life.

Additional Comments:
Highland Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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