BIO:  McCLESKY, Joseph H., s/o Joseph H. & Martha (Dickey) McClesky

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

McCLESKY   DICKEY   TROTTER   CARROL

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co.  1886

Knox County, Washington Twp., page 434

JOSEPH H. McCLESKY is a son of Joseph H. and Martha (Dickey) McClesky, who
were born in South Carolina, but spent the most of their lives in Kentucky,
where they were married.  They came to Daviess County, Ind., at an early
period, and remained here until their respective deaths in 1845 and 1857.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and the father was a Whig.
Joseph, our subject, was born in Daviess County, Ind., in 1830, and is of
Scotch-Irish descent.  At the age of seventeen he began to make his own way
in the world.  He purchased seventy acres of land, and soon paid for it.
After attending the State University for a year he sold his farm and began
merchandising in Plainville, continuing there seven years.  He then sold
his stock and began speculating in land, and after a short time came to
Knox County, in 1861, and purchased 200 acres of land where he now lives.
In 1856 he was married to Martha J. Trotter, born in North Carolina in 1836,
daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Carrol) Trotter.  Mr. and Mrs. McClesky are
the parents of one child, viz:  Mattie S.  All are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.  Mr. McClesky is a Republican. His first vote was cast for
Scott.  He has held the office of township trustee.
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From: Micky Hills   "dhills@earthlink.net"

>Joseph H. is s/o Alexander MCCLESKEY b. 9jun1787 in Old 96th/ Abbeville SC
>his mother is assumed to have been Jane _?_ [maybe MILLER, maybe not]. This
>Jane was definitely the daughter of Mary Givens DOWDLE, Robert DOWDLE's 2nd
>wife. Alexander is the s/o Joseph MCCLESKEY sr of Abbeville.  Joseph H. and
>his father are named in Joe sr's will. They left SC in the early 1800s and
>resetled in Livingston County KY along Crooked Creek with many of their
>former SC neighbors.

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