Tipton-Wayne-Randolph County IN Archives Biographies.....Pickering, Elisha 1813 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   ELISHA PICKERING was born in Green County, Tenn., November 21, 1813, and is
one of twelve children born to Enos and Betta (Harle) Pickering, natives
respectively of Virginia and North Carolina, and of English descent. He was
reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. About the year 1833, he
went to a brother's, near New Castle, Ind. In the spring of 1834, he located
near Economy, Wayne County; the following fall he was married to Miss Margaret
Lee, of Wayne County, after which he engaged in farming on his father-in-law's
place for three years. He then rented a farm near Economy, and two years later
purchased eighty acres in Randolph County, Ind., and there his wife died,
February 15, 1842, leaving two small children-Sarah R. and Henry H. (both
deceased). The last named enlisted in the spring of 1864, in Company C, Fortieth
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died from exposure in April, 1865. In
1849, Mr. Pickering came to this county and entered 160 acres, built a log
cabin, and began to cut away the forest. Mr. Pickering attended the first
election in Wild Cat Township, and in its early history served five years as
Justice of the Peace, and three years as County Commissioner, during which time
the present court house was erected. September 15, 1843, he married Miss Rhoda
Moore, of Miami County, Ohio. She was born June 21, 1814, and is the daughter of
Samuel and Alice Moore, natives of Tennessee, and of English descent. They have
had four children-Ezra L., Mary J. (deceased), Miles D. and Margaret A. Mr.
Pickering is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and his wife belongs to the
Society of Friends.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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