Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Railsback, Joel January 29, 1808 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Wayne Township
p. 800 & 801

Joel Railsback, farmer and horticulturist, was born Jan. 29, 1808, in Wayne 
County, Ind. He has experienced all the phases of pioneer life, and was 
educated at the log-cabin subscription schools. He was married in 1830, to 
Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sarah Fouts, early settlers of Wayne 
County, from North Carolina. Of their twelve children nine are living---
William, of Pendleton, Ind., married Elizabeth McHenry; Nancy, wife of Daniel 
Goozykoontz, of Anderson, Ind.; David, at home; Permelia, wife of Fleming 
Aydlott, of  Xenia, Ind.; Mary, wife of Aquilla Watkins, of Anderson, Ind.; 
Sarah, wife of Robert Williamson, of Wabash, Ind.; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph 
Pence, near Anderson, Ind.; Maria, wife of Charles Bulla, of Wayne County, 
Ind. Those deceased are---Lucinda, wife of Robert Grimes, who is also 
deceased; Larkin and Eliza. Mr. Railsback first bought land near Boston, Wayne 
County, where he followed farming till 1837, when he sold and purchased 
another farm and followed horticulture and agriculture till 1852. He then sold 
his farm and removed to the place where he still resides. His farm contains 
182 acres of va1uable land, situated on the Newport pike, near Richmond. He 
has a first-class residence, and one of the best orchards in Wayne Township. 
His father, David Railsback, was born Dec. 12, 1769, in Rowan County, N. C., 
of German ancestry. Our subject's mother, Sarah (Stephens) Railsback, was born 
in Loudoun County, Va., in 1774, and was married in North Carolina. This 
couple removed with their family to Wayne County in 1807, where David 
Railsback followed farming through life. He was a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and died Oct. 12, 1857. His widow died a few years later. 
She belonged to the Baptist church. They reared twelve children to maturity, 
five of whom were born in Wayne County. Those living are---Judith, widow of 
Thomas Cobb; Caleb, married Nancy Barnhills, and resides in Marshall County, 
Ind.; Joel, the eighth child; David, married Mary Smith, and is living in 
Wayne County; Mary, Enoch, Edward, William, Matthew (twin to Caleb), Nathan, 
John and Sarah.

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