Submitted by Meredith Thompson (Scotlass94@aol.com) Biographies of Marion Township from "Atlas of Hendricks Co Indiana" (1878: J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago) ALDRIDGE, AARON, P.O. New Winchester; Farmer. Sec. 5; son of Aaron and Nancy Etherton; born in Marion Co., Ind., March 4, 1850; settled in this county in 1866, in Center Tp. Married Nov. 9, 1870, to Laura Ayers. Has two children--Ina Bell and Lottie. BOWSMAN, CHARLES, P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 3; born in Wilmington, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1854; son of John Bowsman and Mary Haynes, who came here in 1855. Married Sept. 28, 1877, to Laura C. Bowen. They have one child--Charles Vivian. BYRD,WILLIAM, P.O. New Winchester; Carpenter; son of Larkin and Nancy Byrd; was born in Perry Co., Ky., Nov. 30, 1822, and settled, with his parents, on Sec. 18, Eel River Tp., in Oct. 1834. Was married June 17, 1847, in Marion Tp., to Lucinda Dickerson. Children's names, Mary C., Sarah C., John F., James M. and Barton W. DOOLEY, AARON T., P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 28; settled here in 1852; born in Franklin Co., Ky., June 28, 1832; son of Thomas S. and Nancy R. Dooley. Has been married twice, and has six children--Mary J., Levi Walter, James C., Lillie R., Ira L., and Daisy Ann. HADLEY, WILLIAM T., P.O. Hadley; Farmer, Sec. 13; born in Chatham Co., N.C., 7, 15, 1814; son of Simon Hadley (b. N.C. 10 6, 1765) and Elizabeth Thompson (b. 8 7, 1770); settled here 10 6, 1829. Married 12 11, 1837, to Beulah Hunt (died 1 23, 1843). Married again 10 1, 1843, to Ruth Woody. Children by first wife--Tillman and Daniel, d'c'd, 8 mo. 2, 1865; by second wife, Harriet S., Martha T. (died 12 25, 1864) and Mary E. (died 12 21, 1869.) HADLEY, TILLMAN, P.O. Hadley; Farmer, Sec. 13; born in this county 4 13, 1839; son of Wm. T. and Beulah Hadley who settled here 10 6, 1829. Married 2 28, 1863, to Susanna J. Coffin. Married again 9 8, 1869, to Hannah Hadley. Seven children-- Melmoth K., b. 6 4, 1864; Julia V., 10 18, 1866; Luther, 10 18, 1870; Olive, 11 4, 1872; Beulah, 3 10, 1874; Smithie, 3 9, 1876; William, 1 1, 1878. HEDGE, ANDERSON, P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 28; born in Montgomery Co., Va., Nov. 13, 1803; son of William, who died Aug., 1837, and Lucinda hedge, who died 1858; settled in this county in 1829. Married Aug. 29, 1846, to Leah Dodd. Six children--Sarah C., died Sept. 23, 1866; John W., died Oct 24, 1866; Clara P., James M., died May 12, 1860; Charles A. and Otis S. HODGES, WILLIAM, P.O. Hadley; Farmer, Sec. 15; settled here in 1831; born in Sullivan Co., E. Tenn., Aug. 25, 1797; son of William (died April 23, 1873) and Emily Eastridge. Married Sept. 16, 1819, to Elizabeth Hamilton, by whom he had fifteen children--Amanda M., April 4, 1821, Rolin, July 9, 1822, died Jan. 5, 1826; Emily, b. Feb. 25, 1824, John S., Feb. 12, 1826, William, March 27, 1827, died Aug 30, 1833; Elizabeth B., b. Sept. 11, 1828; Hamilton, June 21, 1830, died Dec. 19, 1830; Edna, April 25, 1832, Dulany L., May 18, 1834, Matilda E., March 14, 1836, Catherine, April 14, 1838, Sarah A., July 26, 1841, died Jan.31, 1877; Rachel E., Feb. 12, 1842, Lemmon D., Feb. 12, 1845, Robert A., Dec. 27, 1848. HOWELL, THOMAS, P.O. Hadley; Farmer, Sec. 12; settled here in 1826; born in Guilford Co., N.C., March 26, 1801; son of John, b. in N.C. 8 3, 1750, died 12 30, 1874, and Hannah Johnson, b. 11 12, 1761. Married 10 17, 1830, to Anna Wilson. Four children--Emsley, d. June 1852; Sarah, d. Jan 4, 1856; John, d. Nov. 25, 1865; James M., d. Dec. 14, 1871. HUNT, DANIEL, P.O. Reno; Farmer, Sec. 19; born in Guilford Co., N.C., Dec. 25, 1825; son of Zimri Hunt and Rebecca Brown who came here in 1827. Married March 19, 1854 to Ellen Hunter; have had three children--Bedial, born Dec. 25, 1855; Charles S., born Jan. 12, 1859; Lydia E., born May 22, 1866. HUNT, HENRY, P.O. Hadley; Farmer, Sec. 2; settled in this county, 1854; son of Ithamar and Frances Jane Hunt; born Nov. 12, 1851. Married April 1, 1877, to Casanda R. Higgins. HUNT, ITHAMAR, P.O. Hadley; Farmer, Sec. 2; born in Sullivan Co., Ind., March 17, 1822; son of Asher, b. Guilford Co., N.C., and Jane Hunt, b. North Carolina; settled March 26, 1836. Married Nov. 13, 1846, to Frances J. Bush, who died Aug. 13, 1874; aged 48 years, 3 months 10 days. Nine children--Eri, Elizabeth, Henry, John, Angeline, Parry, Rosilla, Carrie, Elmer. KURTZ, HENRY F., P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 28; settled here in 1853; born in Nelson Co., Ky., Feb. 10, 1828; son of Jacob and Allutia Kurtz, who came here Oct. 28, 1828. Married Oct. 9, 1851, to Margaret L. Vannice. Eight children--Caroline F., b. Sept. 4, 1852; Jacob L., b. July 22, 1854; Eliza E., b. Dec. 4, 1856; William H., b. Oct. 17, 1858, d. Nov. 28, 1860; Jennie, b. Oct. 18, 1860; Charlie E., b. Sept 10, 1867; Oscar R., b. Sept. 2, 1869; Wilber H., b. Nov. 4, 1872; died March 7, 1875. OSBORNE, JOHN A., P.O. New Winchester; Physician and Surgeon; born in this county, May 6, 1841; settled here in 1841; son of Hardin and Priscilla Osborne, who came here in 1825. Married in 1867, at Stilesville, to Harriet W. Kay; three children-- Maudie, Inez and Harry. PIERSON, W.H., P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, residence Sec. 32. ROSE, LEWIS A., P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 19; settled here in 1833; born in Mercer Co, Ky., in 1801; son of Charles, b. Oct. 6, 1778, and Mary Rose, b. Feb. 4, 1779. Married Aug. 11, 1825 to Flora Vannice; have had ten children--William L., b. June 30, 1826; d. Aug. 24, 1851; Charles V., b. Oct. 6, 1827; d. Sept. 18, 1835; Lewis M.C., b. Dec. 28, 1829; d. in 1862; May E., b. Aug. 27, 1831; Sarah J., b. Sept. 14, 1833; Charles, b. Aug. 1, 1835; Isaac, b. Jan. 11, 1838; d. Aug. 27, 1862; Thomas C., b. Jan. 21, 1840; Henry C., b. Feb. 22, 1843; d. Dec. 6, 1877; Rebecca C., b. Oct. 18, 1845. SAUNDERS, TAYLOR, P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 15; settled here in 1856; born in Henry Co., Ky., Jan. 15, 1830; son of Thomas and Hannah Saunders. Married Oct. 19, 1854, to Sarah M. Slobaugh; six children--Wales, died Oct. 14, 1855; Charles, born Oct. 9, 1857; William H., born April 11, 1860; Alice, born June 15, 1863; Ida, born April 5, 1865, and Laura, born Sept. 10, 1869. SHARP, JAMES (deceased); born in Tenn., in 1813; died Jan. 16, 1872; settled on Sec. 7 in 1837; son of James and Margaret Sharp. Married Nov. 2, 1837 to Melinda Randall; have had ten children--William, b. Aug. 5, 1838; George W., born Jan. 29, 1841; Elizabeth J., born Sept. 23, 1843; Nancy M., born Jan. 12, 1846; James A., born April 29, 1848; Thomas M., born May 23, 1850; Melinda M., born March 26, 1852; Joseph G., born April 11, 1854; Matilda A., born May 7, 1856; Mary J., born Aug.15, 1859. TINDER, JEFFERSON, P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 33; born in this county May 1, 1833; son of Jesse and Francis Tinder; came here in 1830. Married Aug. 14, 1853, to Eliza A. Lamb; three children--Sarah E., John E. and Fred L. TINDER, WM. H., P.O. Danville; farmer, Sec. 35; born in Shelby Co., Ky., in 1820; son of Joel, b. in Woodford Co., Ky., in 1801, died in 1868, and Martha Johnson, b. in Va., in 1792, died Aug. 10, 1869; settled in this Co. in 1833. Married Feb. 9, 1843, to Catherine Kennedey; twelve children--Parthena, b. Dec. 15, 1843; died in 1847; Joel T., b. Nov. 24, 1845; Simeon M., b. Oct. 27, 1847; Francis K., b. Oct. 9, 1849; Carrie E., b. Oct. 9, 1851; Mattie A., b. Oct. 29, 1853; Susie S., b. Nov. 20, 1855; Jennie, b. March 7, 1858; Squire E., b. March 17, 1860; Stanley, b. Dec. 18, 1861; J.W., b. Feb 6, 1861, and Emma R., b. Oct. 17, 1866. VANNICE, PETER C. Among the old pioneers of Hendricks Co. who still live to tell the story is Peter C. Vannice, of Marion Tp. His father, peter, settled in the county in 1833, in Marion Tp., with his mother, Deborah Demott, whose ancestors were among the number who were driven from their native France at the massacre of St. Bartholomew. His father died in 1843; his mother in 1855. Peter C., the third child of a family of eight, was born in Mercer Co., Ky., July 17, 1801; his boyhood days were spent in farm labor. In 1828, Feb. 14, he was married to Sarah A.W., daughter of Zachariah and Agatha (nee Dicken) Smith, a family that settled in hendricks in 1831. Sarah A.W., one of then in family, was born in Garrard Co., Ky., in 1809. Her father, Z. Smith, died in 1844; her mother, Agatha, died in April, 1874, aged 94 years. For two years after his marriage, Peter C. Vannice was overseer of slaves on the plantation of H. Cowan, of Danville, Ky. In the Spring of 1831, he entered, from the Government, 160 acres of land--a part of his present farm--and in the Fall of the same year, with a five horse team, with his wife's folks, moved to Marion Tp. His first home, a cabin, in the woods, did not need any windows for light or ventilation. He succeeded during that Winter in felling the trees upon an acre of ground, and while he was called from home in helping his neighbors at "log-rolling," his wife kept up the fires in the log-heaps. Their first corn crop was bitten by frost in the Fall, which damaged the grain for bread purposes to such an extent that bake as best they could, the center of Sir Johnnie Cake would remain raw. Passing over the years of privation, hard work and scant living, we come down to the present, and find Uncle Peter and Aunt Sarah in the enjoyment of health and surrounded by plenty. For thirty-five years, Uncle Peter has drank neither tea nor coffee, and at this time is able to perform as much work as any ordinary farm hand. Children's names--Louisiana (now Mrs. Edom R. Hadley), William H., Samuel N., Joanna (Mrs. Tandy Allen), Amanda J. (Mrs. John Trotter), Sarah (Mrs. Rev. W. T. Ferguson), Milton B. and Ellen, wife of Rev. O.C. Hawkins. Deaths--James R., died Nov. 12, 1851, aged 6; Ellen, died Nov. 4, 1851, aged 3; Henry S., died Sept. 23, 1862, aged 12. VANNICE, MILTON B., P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 30; son of P.C. and Sarah A. Vannice; was born Aug. 6, 1842. Married Nov. 9, 1870, to Sophronia Johnston; children--Grace, born Oct. 17, 1871; Emma M., born March 7, 1875, died May 13, 1876. WHEELER, ALFRED A., P.O. Hadley. Miller and Farmer, Sec. 15; settled here in 1864; born in Guilford Co., N.C., 11 8, 1811; son of John, b. 7 25, 1783, in N.C.; died 9 30, 1844, and Keziah Welch; died 6 9, 1858. Married 10 1, 1840, to Lydia, daughter of Asa and Hannah Macey, of N.C.; ten children--Mary E., b. 8 9, 1841; Melissa J., b. 3 27, 1843; died 10 10, 1870; Lou S., b. 3 6, 1845; Irene D., b. 8 27, 1847; died 10 27, 1847; Emily L., b. 10 1, 1848; Addison O., b. 10 13 1851; died 10 21 1851; Alonzo L., b. 3 1, 1853; Francis F., b. 2 3, 1856; died 11 11, 1862; Alfred S., 4 3, 1858; died 4 22, 1858; L. Corinia, 8 5 1859. Asa Macey was born 3 28, 1793, in Guilford Co., N.C.; died 10 23, 1859. Hannah Macey, born 1 29, 1793; died 1 31, 1868. WISEHART, JOHN D., P.O. New Winchester; Farmer, Sec. 21; settled here in 1876; born July 6, 1840; son of J.D. and Mary E. Wisehart, who settled in Putnam Co. in 1820. Married Oct. 8, 1861, to Eliza J. Clements; children--William H., b. Aug 8, 1864; Effie, b. Dec. 17, 1870; Oscar, b. 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