Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Moorman, Henry July 7, 1813 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

New Garden Township
p. 663 & 664

Henry Moorman, was born in Richmond County, N.C., July 7, 1813, a son of 
Tarlton and Hannah (Way) Moorman, the former a native of North Carolina, and 
the latter of South Carolina. In 1816 Tarlton Moorman came to Indiana and 
purchased land in Randolph County, then an almost unbroken wilderness, and in 
1822 moved with his family to it. Our subject's mother had died, and his 
father had married again. The second wife died July 12, 1865, and the father 
then lived with his children till his death, Dec. 30, 1875, at the age of 
nearly ninety-three years. On the death of his father, Tarlton Moorman 
received $150, and at his death he was worth about $40,000. Our subject was 
reared in Indiana. His schooling was limited to about three months in the 
year, and his education was mostly obtained by study in his leisure hours. 
When eighteen years of age he began to learn the carpenter's trade, at which 
he worked six years. March 17, 1836, he was married to Ann, daughter of 
William and Fanny (Crews) Diggs, who came from Anson County, N.C., to Randolph 
County, in 1822. After his marriage, Mr. Moorman settled on a tract of land he 
had entered from the Government. He cleared his land and made a good home, 
remaining there till 1869, when he bought one in New Garden Township, Wayne 
County, consisting of 118 acres of well-improved land, with a good residence 
and farm buildings, where Mrs. Moorman died Feb. 18, 1872. March 31, 1884, he 
bought property in Fountain City, where, with his daughters, he now resides. 
Since coming to Wayne County he has sold the farm in Randolph County. Of the 
four children born to them but two, Rebecca and Caroline, are living. The 
eldest died in infancy, and Susana, the second, died at the age of two years 
and six months. Mr. Moorman and his family are members of the Society of 
Friends.

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