Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Torrence, Ebenezer F. 1826 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   EBENEZER F. TORRENCE, of Solsberry, Ind., was born in what is now Noble
County, Ohio, September 5, 1826. Joseph and Mary (McCrary) Torrence, his
parents, bore a family of eleven children. The education of our subject was
limited to that of the common schools. Eliza Hannum became his wife November 25,
1848, and by her he is the father of six children—Mary J., William J., Sarah E.,
Parker F., George H., all living, and Eliza E., deceased. At the age of eighteen
years, he began the carpenter's trade, which he followed about five years. In
the fail of 1849, he moved to Jasper County, Mo., where he lived until June,
1852, when he located in Greene County, Ind. Since he left Ohio, Mr. Torrence
has been farming with good success, as his large, well-improved farm of 300
acres clearly shows. On November 20, 1864, he was grieved bv the loss of his
wife. Again on August 29, 1865, he was married to Mrs. Sarah E. (Larue) Catron,
who is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Solsberry. Mr. Torrence,
though formerly a member of that church for thirty-three years, now belongs to
the Congregational Church at the same place. The reason for his changing was his
conviction against the morality of "secret oath-bound societies," which the
Methodist Episcopal Church indorses, while the Congregational Church at
Solsberry forbids all such societies as wrong. During the slavery agitation, Mr.
Torrence took strong grounds against that great evil, and was active in working
for its downfall. He is now an earnest worker for the causes of Prohibition and
Woman's Suffrage. In sentiment, he is an American in politics, and takes active
interest in the public affairs of the day.

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Beech Creek 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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