BIO: Absalom Lukenbill, 1884 (wife, dau of Elias Thomas) - Pulaski Co, KY

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Submitted by Diana Flynn, ivie@tima.com
Date: 1 Jul 1998
Subject: KFY: BIO: Thomas, w/o Absalom Lukenbill - Pulaski Co
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LUKENBILL,  THOMAS,  VAIL

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST 
TIME TO THE PRESENT;  TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 
REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.  1884.

GREENE CO., IN.
FAIRPLAY TWP.
PAGE 403

ABSALOM LUKENBILL, a native Hoosier, was born in Washington County in 1812, 
and when five years old removed with his parents to Owen County, Ind., where 
he was raised, and subsequently married to a Miss Thomas, who was born in 
Pulaski Co., Ky., in 1824, a daughter of Elias Thomas, who came to Indiana in 
about 1826. This lady died January 13, 1883, leaving to survive her one 
daughter, Jeretta, now Mrs. Jospeh Vail, who resides with her father at 
present, together with her two children--Bessie J. and Otis.  David Lukenbill, 
father of Absalom, was the second son of Henry and Mary Lukenbill, who were 
natives of North Carolina, and German descent.  He came to Indiana as early as 
1806, but returned to his native State, and was there married in about 1810, 
and then returned to the home he had selected in Washington County, Ind.  From 
this place, he moved to Owen County, and from there to Iowa, where he died in 
1853, leaving seven sons and one daughter by his first marriage, and two sons 
and three daughters by his second.  When Absalom Lukenbill and his father 
settled in Owen County, this State, everything was in a wild and uncivilized 
condition. Indians and wild game of numerous kinds were in abundance, while 
their nearest white neighbors were miles distant.  Here, the subject of this 
sketch was reared to manhood, working at farming.  By working around, he had 
earned $400 to begin married life with, and since that time he has increased 
that amount materially. In 1866, he came to Greene, where he has since 
resided. He is a member of the Christian Church and an influential citizen. 


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